Outside the Beltway

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.

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.

Well that took long enough.

Regardless of the outcome of the Conservative Party’s leadership race, the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be a woman.

Backers of the losing candidate for the Democratic nomination are surprised that they’re not getting their way.

Bernie Sanders won another primary last night, but he continues to fall behind in the race for delegates nonetheless.

Thanks largely to the fact that she has moved left on coal, Hillary Clinton seems likely to lose today’s West Virginia primary. But it will have only a minimal impact on Clinton’s quest for a delegate majority.

If these numbers hold up, then the GOP may as well start planning for the 2020 primaries now.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case challenging the President’s deportation relief plan, but it’s unlikely we’ll see a ruling on the merits.

Just days before a high stakes primary in New York, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over familiar themes in their latest debate.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in what is guaranteed to be a high profile case heading into the 2016 elections.

President Obama’s final State Of The Union Address was largely a recognition of the fact that his time on the world stage is quickly coming to an end.

Representatives from 195 nations reached an agreement supposedly devoted to addressing global climate change, but it’s really more hype than anything else.

Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to start a political fight with your family!

The Obama Administration is asking the Supreme Court to review a ruling that kept a hold on last year’s immigration execution action in place.

French officials have confirmed that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man believed to be the plotter of last Friday’s attacks in Paris, was killed in a police raid early Wednesday morning. This doesn’t mean authorities in France or elsewhere in Europe are any less concerned about future attacks, though.

To no real surprise, the Obama Administration has rejected the application to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. It is likely to remain an issue in the upcoming Presidential campaign, though.

Another piece of news that all but guarantees the fate of the Keystone XL project will not be resolved before President Obama leaves office.

With only a handful of opposition, Paul Ryan was easily elected the 62nd Speaker of the House.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden may or may not be close to a decision about running for President, and he may or may not be running.

When did “politics” become a dirty word?

The NYT paints the longshot senator as a happy warrior trying to win the White House by doing it his way.

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

Pope Francis’s new encyclical isn’t exactly being received positively by American conservatives, because they seem to be missing the point.

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

Republicans could learn a few things from the Tory victory in the recent British elections, but they are in danger of drawing the wrong conclusions.

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

Don’t say “climate change” or “global warming” if you work for Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection.

Amateurish? Condescending? Yes. Treasonous? No.

A new poll of 2016 primary voters shows that even Republicans are coming to accept that gays and lesbians should have the right to get married.

Most in the international relations community are not amused by the president’s National Security Strategy.

The first installment of my analysis of the National Security Strategy.

The debate over whether kids need to be vaccinated against communicable diseases baffles me.

Just one day into the new Congress, the first confrontation is already set.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

Today is a day for turkey and football, not a day for politics.

A critic of the imperial presidency becomes an imperial president.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

The people with the biggest voices in the GOP seem to be leading it to positions that most Americans disagree with.