Outside the Beltway

Comet 2I/Borisov originated from an unknown star system and has made its way from the cold dark of interstellar space into our neck of the woods.

A sequel to E.T. The Extraterrestrial of sorts, premiered yesterday.

The Trump Administration’s strategy in North Korea is an utter failure.

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

There’s far more good in technology than bad, but these days we seem to be far more focused on the bad right now.

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

Something fun to cleanse the palate.

North Korea appears to be pulling back from any future negotiations over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, leaving the Trump Administration’s Korea policy in shambles.

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.

Oops.

Obvious advice is obvious.

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,

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

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

The parent organization of the National Weather Service issued a statement Alabama and Dorian.

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

Another nonsense ruling on an issue that doesn’t belong in court to begin with.

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

President Trump continues to have an odd obsession with nuclear weapons.

Scientists have been vastly understating the degree of global warming for decades.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

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

Economic analysts are growing increasingly worried that the President’s trade war could push the world economy into recession, and take the American economy along with it.

The new round of tariffs on Chinese made goods that the President announced late last week will have a particularly severe impact on consumers and retailers.

July’s Jobs Report was in line with expectations, but hardly indicative of a booming economy.

President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods set to take effect on September 1st Another stupid move in a very dumb trade war.

Tulsi Gabbard has filed a seemingly frivolous lawsuit against Google due to a temporary suspension of her advertising account.

Despite all the complaining, we’re in a golden age of political and policy coverage.

Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.

The White House office specifically charged with advising on and developing science policy now has no staffers whatsoever.

The latest Federal Reserve report on the economy shows Trump’s trade policies are having an increasingly negative impact.

Detroit shows how modern technology can lead to a virtual police state.

Well, of course they are.

The ground shook overnight in Southern California for the second time in two days.

Anchorage had record high temperatures yesterday.

Just over a year after the United States repudiated the JCPOA, Iran has surpassed a limit on uranium enrichment set by the JCPOA

Some mysteries on the fourth rock from the Sun.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to resume trade talks, but Trump’s ill-advised trade war will continue.

Various federal and state agencies are enforcing existing laws while Congress scrambles to update them.

Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.

Hospital phone lines are being overwhelmed.

Not only are we deploying it more slowly than China and others but we’re doing it in a way that will live behind rural Americans.

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

As the Supreme Court enters the final weeks of its term, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hints at deep divisions and disappointment for people on the left.

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.

The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94