Outside the Beltway

Fears have reduced demand for public transit.

A law professor makes a bad argument in favor of a pet policy.

We seem to be in a new reality. Will readers accept it?

This is bigger than President Trump’s incompetence.

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

It’s literally the equivalent of buying a large pizza for the average American household.

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

More fallout from the consolidation of media brands.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

After an online backlash, The Hallmark Channel has reversed its decision to ban ads featuring a lesbian couple.

The Hallmark Channel caved to the complaints of a small group of so-called Christians who objected to a television commercial.

China and the U.S. have reached an initial trade deal that averts billions of dollars of new, inadvisable, tariffs, but the devil is in the details.

New polling shows that the American public does not support the President and his trade war.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

A key economic statistic that rarely gets widespread public attention is showing that the manufacturing sector has been in recession for four months now.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

After more than a year of Trump’s trade war, the trade deficit, which he promised to reduce, has increased.

While the economy is likely to remain at its current levels for the next year, that probably won’t help Trump and the GOP much.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

The fourth Democratic debate saw a viewership dip from September, but there are likely some good reasons for that.

Is tipping a social obligation or an incentive/punishment related to quality of service?

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

SpaceX unveiled a model of the “starship” it would send to Mars but there’s still a lot of work to do.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

As the Saudis continue to evaluate the impact of the weekend attack on a major oil facility, the Trump Administration tones down the anti-Iran rhetoric just a bit.

While the world continues to evaluate the impact of Saturday’s attack on a Saudi oil facility, tensions in the Persian Gulf are increasing.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.

After falling for the second debate, ratings were back near record levels for the third debate.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

President Trump’s hand-picked Federal Reserve Chairman is stating the blindingly obvious about the ongoing trade war, so of course the President labeled him an enemy.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to the United States, especially manufacturing jobs. It hasn’t worked out that way.

President Trump is delaying implementation of his recently announced tariffs on Chinese goods.