Outside the Beltway

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The rate at which Americans are getting COVID shots is slowing rapidly.

“If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going anywhere.”

A new poll finds that a strong majority of Americans support life in prison instead of the death penalty.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

Former Senator and Denocratic Presidential candidate Jim Webb is reportedly being considered for Defense Secretary.

Europe has abandoned centuries-old laws against blasphemy, but the assault on so-called “hate speech” threatens to effectively bring them back.

Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.

Initial polling on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court find the public more divided than they have been for other recent SCOTUS picks, but that’s unlikely to impact the fate of his nomination.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Another conflict of interest for President-Elect Trump.

One result from the new NBC News poll shows us how important it is to pay attention to how poll questions are phrased.

A small group of Republican delegates is apparently discussing yet another quixotic effort to deny Donald Trump the nomination.

With top Republicans recoiling from the realization that the GOP is stuck with Trump in 2016, the ground seems to be being prepared for a conflict that could tear the GOP apart regardless of who wins in November.

After initially expressing doubts about his candidacy, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has lined up behind Donald Trump.

With Donald Trump now confirmed as the GOP nominee, some conservatives are suggesting that the Senate GOP should just give in on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

Ben Carson displays incoherence and ignorance on foreign policy issues that disqualify him from being considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.

Donald Trump is threatening to boycott the next Republican debate if there aren’t format changes. The GOP should call his bluff.

Donald Trump says he still doesn’t know where the President was born, but he’d rather not talk about that anymore.

Two potential candidates for the Republican nomination in 2016 traded barbs this week over the President’s new policy toward Cuba.

The budget bill Congress set to pass Congress would effectively reverse the will of the voters of Washington, D.C., who just voted to legalize marijuana.

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

The bloom is off the rose, but Chris Christie could still be a strong candidate in 2016.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

The House GOP leadership’s principles are a good start, but it’s unclear if they can make it past the anti “amnesty” crowd that seems to dominate the GOP.

The latest news on the marijuana legalization front has led David Brooks and others to go into a completely pathetic panic.

Another Federal District Court ruling on the Constitutionality of the NSA’s data mining program, this time more favorable to the NSA.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

Well, so much for that plan.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

On a slow news day, a major concession on Obamacare

The GOP is going to have to come up with a lot more than just age if they end up facing off against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The Supreme Court’s handling of standing in the two same-sex marriage cases likely seems contradictory to many outside observers.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

Revelations about the NSA’s data mining programs don’t seem to be having a significant impact on public opinion.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

If the United States and Egypt were Facebook friends, their relationship status would be “It’s Complicated.”

In another sign that things may not be going so well between Washington and Jerusalem, President Obama will not be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he’s in the United States.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.