Outside the Beltway

Several Senators who voted against the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill have suffered in the polls, but it’s unclear if that matters in the long run.

The possible presidential contender has an op-ed in a rather dubious outlet.

Jason Collins is gay. Who the hell is Jason Collins, you might ask?

Are civil liberties once again at risk in the wake of the bombing attack in Boston?

John McCain is right that we shouldn’t send ground troops to Syria, but his idea for increased U.S. intervention in the country’s civil war is still too risky.

2012’s election represented a significant change in voting patterns in the United States. What’s unclear is if the change is a permanent one.

The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.

Once again, politics is dictating military policy.

Shutting down media that the government doesn’t like is unlikely to solve the sectarian problems in Iraq.

After months of impasse, a new coalition has been formed in Italy.

Tom Brokaw has some good criticisms of what the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner has turned into.

John McCain’s problems in 2008 went far beyond an economic crisis.

President Obama may regret drawing a line in the sand over Syrian chemical weapons.

Think Progress continues a silly meme: “12 programs that Congress cares less about than averting flight delays.”

The economy grew in the first quarter of 2013, but the numbers were far from impressive.

Legendary country music singer George Jones has died, aged 81.

A McDonald’s hamburger has been in a man’s car trunk since 1999. It still looks and smells the same as the day he bought it, minus the pickle.

The Examiner’s James Simpson makes a perfectly valid point in the most dishonest way with his chart “Sequester fraud in one picture.”

The Senate moved last night to end the airport delays caused by furloughing air traffic controllers.