Outside the Beltway

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

A District of Columbia Judge has ruled that photographs of women taken in public do not violate the law.

And Alaska makes 30.

Bill Scher examines “How Republicans Lost the Culture War.”

It’s way too early, folks.

The U.S. Air Campaign Against ISIS Is Much Bigger Than You Think

Their places are being filled by students who pay higher tuition rates.

The numbers don’t lie.

A second case, and the first person to apparently contract Ebola on U.S. soil. But, that’s no reason to panic.

A victory for opponents of Voter ID in Texas, but it’s not likely to stand up on appeal.

So far at least, the air strikes against Islamic State positions in Syria do not seem to be having much of an impact.

Sometimes, being evasive in answering a question just makes a politician look silly. This is one of those times.

Mike Huckabee is threatening to leave the GOP if the party backs down on same-sex marriage. He’s bluffing.

Opponents of Voter ID laws should not get too excited over the fact that the Supreme Court has stayed Wisconsin’s law from going into effect for now.

The mystery continues.

Frank Foer proclaims, “Amazon Must Be Stopped. It’s too big. It’s cannibalizing the economy.”

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

The nastiest campaign ad of the 2014 cycle is here, and Wendy Davis should be ashamed of it.

Remember the border crisis? Yea, it’s not much of a crisis these days.

Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.

ISIS at the Gates Edition.

A 29 year old woman will end her life in less than a month. That should be her choice.

A desperation move by NBC News?

Will the President back track on his promise of further action on immigration if the GOP wins the Senate?

Two more states are added to the list, with another three likely not far behind.

Is former Senator Larry Pressler surging in his Independent bid to win back his old Senate seat?

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

A massacre is about to unfold “a stone’s throw” from Turkey’s border.

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

Could Alison Lundergran Grimes be surging? Maybe, but we’ll need more evidence to be sure.

The die is cast.

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.