Outside the Beltway

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

Republicans running for President need to tread carefully in their responses if the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

Once seen as a rising Republican star, Bobby Jindal’s impending Presidential bid now looks like it’s over before it begins.

After months of “not running,” Jeb Bush will formally enter the Presidential race on June 15th.

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

Lincoln Chafee began his bizarre run for the Presidency in the strangest way possible.

I have been reading, mostly in passing, a number of pieces about an alleged new climate on college campuses in which students are raising significant complaints due to difficult or emotionally sensitive material. The latest example did not impress me.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

Obviously, most of these people are smart enough to realize they can’t possibly win, right?

Does an individual’s changed gender identity alter history?

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act

FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.

Hillary Clinton is taking a hit in the polls, but it’s unclear if that’s going to matter when 2016 rolls around.

Rand Paul Is at a distinct disadvantage compared to his fellow Republican candidates for President.

The agency that runs Washington D.C.’s mass transit has banned all political ads after Pamela Gellar attempted to run an advertisement featuring a drawing of Mohammed.

Hillary Clinton remains as much the inevitable Democratic nominee as she always has been.

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

The “Draft Warren” movement is basically dead.

Billionaire wunderkind Elon Musk has had a lot of help from taxpayers.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who was refused a job because of her hijab.

The former Olympian has made a transition.

The Supreme Court has narrowed the means by which Federal prosecutors can prosecute someone for making statements online that could be perceived as threats.

In a new poll, a majority of Americans identify as “pro-choice,” but a deeper look at the numbers reveals that abortion politics remains as complicated as ever.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Don’t believe everything you read in the papers.

Many provisions of the Patriot Act lapsed at midnight, but apparently the world hasn’t ended.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

Starting tomorrow, we can expect to see the Supreme Court hand down decisions in some of its most high profile cases. Here’s a preview.

The Iowa Straw Poll seems to be dying, and that’s a good thing.

Beau Biden, the former attorney general of Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer at the age of 46.

Martin O’Malley is running for President for some reason.

The Senate returns tomorrow to try to pass an extension of the PATRIOT Act before it expires, but it may not be able to do so.

The FCC appears set to “encourage” telephone companies to install robocall blocking technology. Pollsters are panicking.

Marco Rubio seems to be in lockstep with the extreme social conservatives when it comes to same-sex marriage.

The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.

Another step forward toward ending a U.S. policy regarding Cuba that was outdated twenty years ago.

If a Russian solider dies, it’s now a secret thanks to a new decree signed by the Russian President.