Outside the Beltway

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

In a logical extension of the Supreme Court’s decision in D.C. v. Heller, a Federal Judge has struck down D.C.’s law barring people from carrying handguns in public.

Fairly or not, the President has created the impression that he is not a good leader, and there’s not much he can do about it at this point.

The Grey Lady sees the light on a major part of the War On Drugs.

A new poll shows that Americans are divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, but this most likely will not impact relations between the two countries.

Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.

Relying on the policies of a man who was President in a very different time is not a substitute for a rational foreign policy.

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

Rick Perry is sending 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the border to do nothing.

Turnout to date for the 2014 primaries is at record lows, but its unclear what that tells us about November.

A somewhat surprising win in Georgia.

Contradictory rulings from two Federal Courts of Appeal show that statutory construction isn’t a simple thing.

Rick Perry is sending 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the border for no apparent reason.

A new poll suggests that Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State doesn’t impress voters as much as she might hope.

Crisis seems to be brewing all over the world, but the American people aren’t persuaded that it’s necessary for the United States to act.

Later today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order barring Federal Contractors from discrimination based on sexual orientation. But that’s not even the most controversial part for some conservatives.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

Another step closer to the Supreme Court.

Vladimir Putin has become immensely popular in Russia again, and its not hard to figure out why.

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

Todd Akin continues to give Republicans headaches.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

A Silicon Valley businessman says he has enough signatures to get it on the ballot, but the plan to break California up into six states is most assuredly going nowhere.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

Rather than being a bad thing, negative campaigning is an essential part of our political system.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

Just some things to consider about Common Core standards.