Outside the Beltway

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

The 2016 frontrunners at this stage won their nominations easily. But that’s often not the case.

Next week’s Democratic debate could have as few as five candidates.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

President Trump is making ridiculous threats against the regime in Iraq that are likely to draw it closer to Iran.

The Trump campaign and the Republican Party brought in more than $150 million in the last three months of 2019 alone.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

Prosecutors in two Virginia counties have announced that they will decline to prosecute low-level drug possession cases.

If your case needs a 9/11 boost, perhaps your case is weak.

Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden both brought in impressive fundraising numbers for the final quarter of 2019.

Andrew Yang had an impressive fourth quarter when it comes to fundraising, but it appears unlikely to help his campaign at all.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

A big fundraising quarter for the Senator from Vermont.

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

Pete Buttigieg had a very successful fundraising quarter at the same time he is rising in the polls.

More evidence that Trump really doesn’t know what he is doing. (Or just doesn’t care).

It’s been quite a year, and quite a decade.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

Worrisome news for an American icon.

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

Mike Bloomberg’s campaign was forced to apologize for something that really isn’t a scandal.

New reports indicate that the North Koreans never took any of the steps to reduce their research programs that President Trump claimed they did.

The truth is that many voters are paying attention to issues that have nothing to do with impeachment or simply ignoring politics altogether.

In a new court filing, House Democrats hint they might move to impeach the President again if the evidence warrants such action.

It could take weeks to resolve the impasse between the House and Senate over the procedures to be followed in the Senate trial of President Trump.

Tulsi Gabbard is under fire back home for her vote on impeachment and for missing votes on the House floor.

Incentives matter.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

Willie Simmons is 61 years old. He’s spent the last 38 years in prison for stealing $9.00 thanks to what clearly appears to be an unjust and overly hard “habitual offender” statute. His story is far too common.

Some comparative history.

Let’s be clear-eyed about this.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the PPACA”s individual mandate unconstitutional but left the fate of the rest of the law unresolved.

One weird trick for knowing if a given action will affect public opinion on Trump.

New Jersey Congressman Jeff van Drew, elected just last year as a Democrat, is now a Republican.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is suggesting she might hold back on sending the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. This seems like a bad idea.

For the third time in history, an American President has been impeached.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

Mitch McConnell and the other 99 members of the Senate will be required to take an oath to “do impartial justice” in the impending impeachment trial. He’s already admitted that he won’t.

After months of silence, Maine Senator Susan Collins has announced that she is running for a fifth term in office.

By the end of today, Donald Trump will most likely be the third President of the United States to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

The President of the United States has sent a bizarre, rant-filled letter to the Speaker of the House. Revealing just how unbalanced he actually is.

Democrats who could prove to be vulnerable in 2020 are largely lining up in favor of impeaching the President.