Outside the Beltway

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

A bit of wishful thinking in the wake of Steve Bannon’s ouster.

Authorities are being second-guessed over their handling of Saturday’s protests. Virginia gun laws are the more obvious problem.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Plus some comparisons of Trump/Obama and Trump/Bill Clinton.

Finally, “law and order” Joe Arpaio gets what he has long deserved.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

Only 28% of Americans support President Trump’s decision to back out of the Paris Accord, but it’s not clear that this will harm him politically.

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords was neither the big win his supporters claim nor the disaster his critics fear.

Reports indicate that President Trump is preparing to fulfill a campaign promise and withdraw the U.S. from the accord on climate change reached in Paris in 2015.

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

The Republican candidate in today’s Special Election in Montana has been charged with assaulting a reporter.

There’s a Special Election in Montana tomorrow, and the Democratic candidate is performing far above expectations.

The FBI Director faced a damned if you do, damned if you don’t choice.

Predicting election outcomes is different than predicting impeachment.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

Stop romanticizing the filibuster (and don’t appeal to the intent of the Founders).

Two new polls show Donald Trump hitting new lows in the polls as we get closer to his 100th day in office.

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

It was both the best speech Trump has ever given and the worst presidential address I can recall

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.

Members of Congress and the Senate are once again facing down angry constituents, but it’s unclear whether it will translate into anything substantial in 2018.

Technology continues to make more and more jobs unnecessary and irrelevant. And the consequences are going to be widespread.

Megaprojects are not a partisan thing. Megaprojects are large projects typically costing more than $1 billion and often tens of billions of dollars and impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people if not millions.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

The reality of global climate change made itself evident again in 2016.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Big news in the war against a horrible virus.

To nobody’s surprise, Dylann Roof was convicted of the race-motivated murders in a Charleston church.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

I’m in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Duke’s Peter Feaver.

Donald Trump resurrects an old debate and desecrates the Constitution in the process.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.

Trying to make sense of that which makes no sense.

A drought that began when Theodore Roosevelt was President has finally come to an end.

Early voting is favoring Democrats in a wide variety of swing states.

Get ready for more hearings if Hillary Clinton becomes President.

One of the last survivors of Israel’s founding generation has passed away.

Judging 2016 by historical standards hasn’t worked out well thus far.

If you want to volunteer for Donald Trump, you’ll have to agree to never disparage Trump, his family, his campaign, or any of his businesses. Forever.