Outside the Beltway

The university has bowed to student pressure.

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is the latest entrant into the race for the Democratic nomination for President, and the field isn’t done growing.

Cory Booker’s message of unity isn’t going over well with Democratic voters eager for a fight.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

So far, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign has been far more about image than substance.

More pressures on a region already struggling.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

The peril of not yet running for President include not yet having a campaign staff in place.

Scholars argue that the shifting media landscape is largely to blame for our political crisis.

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

The Southern Law Poverty Center has fired its co-founder for vaguely-specified reasons.

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As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

For the fourth time since the 2008 election cycle, Michael Bloomberg flirted with the idea of running for President. For the fourth time, he declined to do so.

The President continues to lie at an astounding rate that only seems to be getting worse. Does anyone care?

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the latest entrant into an already crowded Democratic field.

In a two-hour rant before an adoring crowd of CPAC sycophants. President Trump displayed everything wrong with him and his Presidency.

In what was basically a throwaway line, Joe Biden said something nice about Mike Pence. The reaction from his fellow Democrats says a lot about our current political culture, and none of it is good.

Early tomorrow morning, NASA and SpaceX will be testing a crucial part of America’s return to manned space flight.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination for President on a platform primarily focused on climate change. Whether that helps distinguish him from a growing field of candidates remains to be seen.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Kevin Drum uses some clever sleight-of-hand to demonstrate a hard truth about the human condition.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

The American Civil Liberties Union has joined the list of groups with lawsuits against the President’s declaration of a “national emergency” at the southern border.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

President Trump’s impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

Based on his appearance on CNN last night, Howard Schultz appears to be running a campaign about nothing.

The right has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time focusing on relatively powerless Members of Congress.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 race on Sunday.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

Most Americans oppose the idea of the President using a “national emergency” to get funding for his border wall. Will that matter to him?

Virgnia’s governor has to resign. But not because of some 35-year-old photos.

AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV and TimeWarner is forcing price hikes that are driving customers away at a rapid clip.

While much of the attention in the race for the Democratic nomination to date has been on the left, there is a path forward for a more centrist candidate.

Wearing Donald Trump’s famous campaign symbol creates a presumption of ill intent. Is that fair?

There’s a way that Congress and the President could make future government shutdowns impossible, but they probably won’t do it.

The government shutdown is beginning to negatively impact the public’s perception of the health of the economy.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of declaring a national emergency to get his wall built. But the other options he’s considering aren’t much better.

California is set up throw a huge curve ball into the 2020 Presidential nomination fight.