Outside the Beltway

A 29 year old woman will end her life in less than a month. That should be her choice.

A desperation move by NBC News?

Will the President back track on his promise of further action on immigration if the GOP wins the Senate?

Two more states are added to the list, with another three likely not far behind.

Is former Senator Larry Pressler surging in his Independent bid to win back his old Senate seat?

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

Could Alison Lundergran Grimes be surging? Maybe, but we’ll need more evidence to be sure.

The die is cast.

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

Does the seriousness of a crime vary depending on the gender of the parties involved?

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

It has nothing to do with winning, but it does have a lot to do with the foreign policy debate inside the Republican Party.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.

Bush 2016?

It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.

The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.

An inevitable outcome for the head of a once proud agency.

In the current situation, speaking out forcefully as some are demanding can only do more harm than good.

While the battle for the Senate remains up in the air, the Republican majority in the House remains secure.

The security lapses at the Secret Service just continue to mount.

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

A long standing rule is finally repealed, but it’s not likely to change your viewing choices.

The Supreme Court has issued a stay that will allow changes to Ohio’s early voting law to remain in effect for this year’s election. That was the correct decision.

Last week’s security breach just became a lot more serious.

Speaker Boehner wants to delay a vote on the ISIS war until January, but any such debate will be meaningless because Congress has already abdicated responsibility.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Apparently, the buck doesn’t stop in the Oval Office these days.

The American public’s support for the President’s war against ISIS has its limits.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

Politics, the law, culture, and a very old language collide.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.