Outside the Beltway

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared “case closed” on the Mueller Report and the Russia investigation. This is far from the truth.

Recent poll numbers suggest that the President is vulnerable in the part of the country that assured his Electoral College victory in 2020, but Democrats are going to have to work hard to flip these states.

The Treasury Secretary is declining to comply with a Congressional request for the President’s tax returns. Whether this is proper is a question that will have to be resolved by the courts.

The raw number of vessels is not the best metric of naval power.

If the economy remains strong, then Democrats could find it harder to beat the President than they thought.

This could be a very big deal – unless it isn’t.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue political movement is arguing in favor of independent election of Vice-Presidents.

Despite poll numbers suggesting otherwise, one political analyst suggests that the United States may not be “ready” for a gay President.

A new poll finds that a small majority of Americans support abolishing the Electoral College, but that’s not nearly enough to make any change in how we elect Presidents possible.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

Later this week, the House Judiciary Committee will vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, but it most likely won’t go anywhere.

More Madisonian musing on the current state of our constitutional order.

Back to Fed 51 and this moment in oversight: we have to remember what ambitions drive politicians.

We segregate men and women in sports for good reason. How we do that is complicated.

Jack Goldsmith pushed back on “over the top” reaction to the AG’s handling of the Mueller report.

With the apparent failure of the coup attempt in Venezuela, what happens next?

The move creates a rare Senate opening in the Equality State, and an opportunity for the daughter of a certain former Vice-President.

There’s a lot of talk right now about “electability.” but what the heck does it mean?

Another post-announcement poll brings good news for the former Vice-President, but there’s a long way to go.

A panel of three Federal Judges has found Ohio’s Congressional District map to be unconstitutional, but a case currently pending before the Supreme Court could mute the impact of this decision.

As I have noted before: party trumps institutional pride. The Barr testimony is just another example.

President Trump’s obsequious effort to please Russian President Vladimir Putin continues.

Sexual misconduct in the military continues to frustrate observers.

The IRS is outgunned.

Now every other day.

The original star of ‘Happy Days’ reflects on the shift to second fiddle.

Avengers: Endgame earned $1 billion worldwide in its first weekend, but it will take a lot more to become the biggest grossing movie of all time.

Its explanation for why its paywall is coming down 3 days leads us to an obvious question.

Republicans have aborted President Trump’s lofty plan for a $2 trillion infrastructure deal just days after it was conceived.

The former Kentucky coal executive, Republican fundraiser, and Ambassador to Canada would replace Nikki Haley in what used to be a position dominated by more experienced diplomats.

All three children of the next head of the Army are following in his footsteps.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

I sense a great disturbance in the Force. As if a billion voices are crying out “No, not Chewie!!!!”

Jobs Growth in April was much higher than expected, seemingly putting to rest for now fears that the economy might be slowing.

Happy Friday!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

Lacking any real support from the military or police, the attempted coup against Nicolas Maduro has predictably failed.

The attorney general hasn’t said a single thing that wasn’t technically true about the Mueller report. But he was dishonest.

Newly discovered evidence shows that foreign governments have expanded their leasing of space from at least one Trump-owned office building in New York City.

The latest CNN poll raises some questions about gender bias.

Did I leave the Republican Party or did it leave me? Both.

Another one bites the dust. And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust.

A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is the latest entrant into the race for the Democratic nomination for President, and the field isn’t done growing.

A months-long standoff is stopping hurricane relief.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden is calling for an end to American support for the Saudi war on Yemen.

New poll numbers suggest that Congressional Democrats need to be careful about how aggressively they pursue their investigations of the Trump White House.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report