Outside the Beltway

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger. Much like 2014, though, it’s far too early to start writing his political obituary.

The Trump Administration is expected to begin mass deportation raids as early as this weekend.

President Obama wanted to end it but his former VP used it to his advantage.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Susan Collins hasn’t officially announced her intentions for 2020 just yet, but she looks like she’s running for re-election. If she does, she appears to be facing some political headwinds.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that will make it easier for Congress to get President Trump’s tax returns.

Senator Elizabeth Warren raised $19 million despite eschewing the high-dollar fundraisers her opponents have utilized.

The Trump Administration is set to raise tariffs on more products from Europe, including Scotch Whisky and other alcoholic beverages as well as food products and other items.

The independent who upended the 1992 Presidential race has passed.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

A silly story for the silly season.

A weird media narrative has formed.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

We won’t have a little-known Congressman from somewhereoranother to kick around any more.

Iran announced that it was exceeding another limitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, upping the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf

Kris Kobach, former Kansas Secretary of State and former head of President Trump’s “Voter Fraud” Commission, is running for Senator in Kansas.

Another court loss for Trump and his border wall.

Joe Biden recently said that he’d consider nominating Merrick Garland again if there were a Supreme Court vacancy while he was President. Don’t count on it.

While significantly more Americans disapprove of his job performance than approve, recovery is still possible.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is apparently planning to enter the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

Virginia has finally repealed a dumb and unconstitutional restriction on how bars could advertise Happy Hours.

Presidential v. parliamentary democracy, some basics.

Nearly half the country thinks he’s not a terrible President.

A law review article written when the former was a student provides an interesting contrast.

In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.

The Trump Administration has informed Federal District Court Judges in Maryland and New York that it intends to still try to justify putting a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

Kamala Harris lagged the top Democratic candidates in fundraising in the second quarter, but that’s likely to change.

Anchorage had record high temperatures yesterday.

We could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Christian doctrine actually has a lot to say that is of relevance to the border.

Not a new observation, but one that should not be forgotten.

Bernie Sanders is finding that the 2020 campaign is very different from 2016.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

A law professor reads too much into a cryptic concurrence.

It was a very successful fundraising quarter for the former Vice-President.

Ideas, not tanks.

Change isn’t likely.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

A convergence of OTB discussions.

The surging candidate seems to be trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

The Republican Party is ruining the country. But so are the Democrats?

A day after appearing to have conceded the issue, the Trump Administration says it is still looking for a way to include a citizenship question on the ballot.

The post-debate polling of the Democratic race continues to be somewhat chaotic, but it’s clear that Harris and Warren have made this a very different race than it was before the debates.

In the wake of an adverse Supreme Court ruling, the Trump Administration has decided not to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are up, and Bernie Sanders is down, in the first state-level poll since the debates.

The Trump Administration has officially conceded to the rule of law.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.