Outside the Beltway

Another mass shooting.

The Justice Department appears to be on the verge of charging Russian government officials in connection with election-related hacking.

A Trump Campaign official has been charged with and pled guilty to charges of lying to the F.B.I. regarding contacts with Russian officials.

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

A gunman opened fire on a crowd of over 20,000 people in Las Vegas, and the results have been predictably horrific.

With his sentencing, the strange, strange saga of Anthony Weiner has come to an end. What a strange and wild ride it has been.

Special counsel Robert Mueller could be looking to “flip” Paul Manafort, giving President Trump and those close to him something new to worry about.

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

A Nurse in Utah stood up for her patient’s rights, and was harassed by the police for her efforts.

The problematic nature of Arpaio’s tenure goes beyond just his contempt charge.

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

The Supreme Court rules that states cannot bar convicted felons from using social media sites.

A hung jury in the Cosby sexual assault case results in a mistrial.

A Massachusetts teenager faces 20 years in prison for contributing to her boyfriend’s suicide via text message.

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

A guilty plea in a particularly shocking case of police brutality.

The Supreme Court made it harder for states to keep fines and other payments in cases where defendants are exonerated.

With the exception of the mandatory Federal death penalty appeals, the legal process is basically over in the Charleston Church shootings.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

Not surprisingly, Dylann Roof received a sentence of death for the murder of nine people at a historic African-American church.

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

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Despite a video that clearly shows what appears to be cold-blooded murder, the trial of a South Carolina cop who shot an African-American man in the back while he ran away ended in a hung jury. Fortunately, this isn’t the end of the road.

He has a fool for a client.

Now, the road to trial will move forward.

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

The Federal Judge presiding over Dylann Roof’s murder trial suggested late last week that Roof may not presently be competent to stand trial. This does not mean that he’ll be set free, though.

F.B.I. Director Comey tells Congress that it’s investigation into new emails revealed no information to change its conclusions about Hillary Clinton and her email server.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were convicted in the criminal trial resulting from the ‘Bridgegate’ scandal.

A late night attack at a shopping mall, and a suspect still at large have raised tensions in Seattle.

An Oklahoma police officer has been charged in the shooting death of an African-American man while North Carolina authorities continue to balk on releasing a video in a shooting case there.

After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Just about two days after setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York City, a suspect is in custody.

A long way off, but there are some important pre-trial matters to resolve between now and then.

Blue feelings matter.

After four straight losses, prosecutors in Baltimore are throwing in the towel in the Freddie Gray case.

Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.

Another acquittal in Baltimore leads to questions about whether or not prosecutors should continue with the trials against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray matter.