Outside the Beltway

A great public intellectual, pioneering blogger, and all-around good man is gone.

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans oppose statehood for the District of Columbia.

With hours to go before they were set to start. the President delayed the mass deportation raids that were supposed to begin this morning.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

This is my shocked face.

There’s only one solution to the D.C. statehood issue. It’s called retrocession.

The best Relief Pitcher in Major League history has been unanimously inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.

Jobs Growth in November was healthy but fell short of expectations.

A decade after being bailed out by the Federal government, the giant automaker is slashing jobs.

In what seems like another effort at a cover-up, the Vatican vetoed a plan by American Bishops to address the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.

Part III is here (a lot sooner than Part II was).

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has suspended football coach Urban Meyer for three games over his handling of allegations of domestic violence by an Assistant Coach dating back to 2015.

The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.

Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

Jarrod Ramos should have been in jail, let alone allowed to have any weapon more dangerous than a butter knife.

A man with a grudge against the Annapolis Capital Gazette killed five people in the newsroom.

A Pittsburgh area police officer has been indicted on homicide charges after a video emerged that appears to show him shooting a fleeing suspect in the back

Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.

A controversial name is disappearing from one small stretch of road.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

Much of Atlanta city government has been forced to rely on pen and paper this week thanks to a Ransomware attack.

The near-impossible happened last night, demonstrating why March Madness is the most exciting and most absurd way to pick a champion.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

This isn’t your ordinary windy day.

Ben Carson has expensive taste in office furniture.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

For the second time in as many months, a Federal Court is blocking the Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military.

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

Once again, the National Football League sees its disciplinary and appeal process criticized by a Federal Judge.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

A loss for the world of comedy.

Facts are stubborn things.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

A guilty plea in a particularly shocking case of police brutality.

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

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Maryland’s ban on certain so-called “assault weapons,” but it’s unclear if the Supreme Court will even take up the case.