Outside the Beltway

A majority of Americans support last week’s airstrikes in Syria but are skeptical of any expansion beyond that.

When life terms means almost three decades on the bench, fights will be fierce.

Another step toward making it easier to cut the cord.

A warning to North Korea.

Stop romanticizing the filibuster (and don’t appeal to the intent of the Founders).

After a prolonged vacancy and a bitterly partisan confirmation process, Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mitt Romney is reportedly considering running for Senate in Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

After starting the year with two good months, the jobs report for March was quite disappointing.

It’s not at all clear that there is a useful strategy at work here.

As expected, Senate Republicans invoked the so-called ‘nuclear option’ to move the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch forward to a final vote on Friday.

Donald Trump is historically unpopular for a new President. What does that mean when his first foreign policy crisis comes, as it inevitably will?

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

Two new polls show Donald Trump hitting new lows in the polls as we get closer to his 100th day in office.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch even as it became inevitable that Republicans would be forced to invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

An apparent terrorist attack in Russia’s second largest city.

The ordinary and the extraordinary with the latest SCOTUS nomination.

More trouble for Lt. General Michael Flynn.

Perception v. reality.

With the exception of the mandatory Federal death penalty appeals, the legal process is basically over in the Charleston Church shootings.

Another SpaceX success.

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

Donald Trump has basically declared war on the people who blocked the AHCA from passing last week.

So far, there’s no sign that Donald Trump is having much of an impact on the economy.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke suggests building Trump’s Wall on Mexican territory.

Republicans are saying that repealing the PPACA isn’t off the table, but practically speaking it probably is.

The Oakland Los Angeles Oakland Raiders are headed to Vegas, baby!

Next week’s big news is likely to be the Senate’s vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, which could mean invocation of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ by Senate Republicans.

The tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro is set to become the latest member of the NATO alliance despite the fact that there is seemingly no good reason for it.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

Speaker Ryan’s statement about the GOP being “a 10-year opposition party” is problematic.

Republicans are going to find it difficult to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

After just sixty-six days, there are some disturbing patterns emerging from the Trump Administration.

He is supposed to help make the government run more like a business.