Outside the Beltway

Today begins another week of impeachment hearings by the House Intelligence Committee. By the time the smoke clears, the ground could have shifted significantly for the President.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

An inexcusable assault on an utterly defenseless African-American teenager.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

After a promising start, Kamala Harris’s campaign appears to be in crisis mode.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

Public resources do not belong to the president to use for private gain.

The fight over the President’s tax returns has reached the Supreme Court.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how the President’s allies intimidated her out of her position, while the President intimidated her live on Twitter.

One of Donald Trump”s closest associates has been convicted by a Federal jury.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Trump another setback in his effort to keep his financial records out of Congressional hands.

As the impeachment proceedings move forward, Democrats are shifting their focus to a specific, and powerful, charge.

Day two of Congressional impeachment hearings will be marked by the testimony of the former American Ambassador to Ukraine.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is running to get his old job back.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a case from Connecticut filed by the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

There were few fireworks during the first day of public impeachment hearings, but the ground work for a case against the President was laid.

Nine months after what seemed like the end of his political career, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has mounted a comeback,

A new poll shows Pete Buttigieg surging in Iowa, where the Caucuses are 92 days away.

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

After just two months, Mark Sanford is dropping his challenge to the incumbent President.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

One political scientist says yes. A bunch of others say wait, what?

The newest entrant is outperforming most rivals but is intensely disliked.

A new poll seems to indicate that Democratic voters aren’t exactly jumping on the Mike Bloomberg train.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

After more than a year of Trump’s trade war, the trade deficit, which he promised to reduce, has increased.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

Governor Matt Bevin still won’t concede the Kentucky Governor’s race.

Get the popcorn and your favorite beverage ready.

A big win for ranked-choice voting in the Big Apple as voters approve a referendum that will bring ranked-choice voting to the nation’s most populous city.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular suffered a big loss in the Kentucky Governor’s race.

In the least surprising news of Election Night, Republican Tate Reeves pulled off a win in overwhelmingly Republican Mississippi.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.