Outside the Beltway

The President’s plan to give deportation relief to millions of illegal immigrants has hit another legal snag.

The first batch of email from Hillary Clinton regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi have been released, and they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.

Robert Gates, the former Defense Secretary who now serves as head of the Boy Scouts Of America, has called for an end to that organizations ban on gay Scout Leaders.

Hillary Clinton is a deeply flawed candidate who might not even make a very good President. But that doesn’t matter in the race for the Democratic Nomination, and she’s probably going to be the next President anyway.

Hillary Clinton has admitted she made a mistake in supporting the Iraq War in 2002, but there are plenty of other questions she needs to answer when it comes to foreign interventions.

Republicans could learn a few things from the Tory victory in the recent British elections, but they are in danger of drawing the wrong conclusions.

President Obama is taking steps to reduce police militarization, but there’s much more that needs to be done.

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

Seymour Hersh is out with a conspiracy theory about the death of Osama bin Laden that just doesn’t make sense.

Once again, only six or seven states are likely to matter.

The just-concluded British General Election was also a clash between two former top advisers to President Obama.

In a move that is clearly designed to have an impact in the General Election, Hillary Clinton came out in support of broad immigration reform in Nevada yesterday.

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

Carly Fiorina, who flopped at Hewlett-Packard and in her lone previous political campaign, wants to be the leader of the free world.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

Congress can’t really do anything to stop a nuclear deal with Iran, and John Boehner knows it.

Pot, meet kettle.

Even for political junkies, the thrill seems to be gone.

Chinese analysts are telling their American counterparts that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is far more sophisticated than previously believed.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now appealing to the worst aspects of economic populism on the right.

The GOP race remains tight, but some candidates have benefited from their entry into the race more than others. Overall, though, Hillary Clinton continues to dominate.

The “racism” debate brought about by Barack Obama in 2000 is getting a spin-off.

Five years after it became law, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over.

The confirmation of a new Attorney General has been held up nearly six months for what amounts to no legitimate reason.

Another step forward for U.S.-Cuban relations.

After months of resistance, the White House will allow Congressional review of any deal with Iran, but it may not hamper negotiations much in the end.

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

So, she’s in.

Democrats like New York Senator Chuck Schumer could end up being the ones that scuttle the Iranian nuclear deal.

New polling on President Obama’s opening to Cuba is likely to surprise some, and disappoint others.

We’re down to debating whether bigots should have to sell cakes to gay people.

Hillary Clinton continues to look more inevitable by the day, but Joe Biden doesn’t want to go away just yet.

After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.

Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and the White House’s narrative about this release lies in tatters.

Do we really want to put another first-term Senator with no executive experience in the Oval Office? Because beyond the mere legal requirements, it does not appear that Ted Cruz is qualified to be President.

Yet another probable rift between the U.S. and Israel over Iran.

Ted Cruz kicks off with the first of what is likely to be a string of candidates getting into the 2016 race in the coming month.

Rand Paul now says he signed the Cotton Letter to strengthen the Administration’s bargaining position.

President Obama thinks that it would be a good idea if everyone were forced to vote. He’s wrong, and his idea is most likely unconstitutional.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.

The 2008 runner-up has scared off all serious challengers for 2016. Why?

Despite the ongoing email controversy, Hillary Clinton remains well positioned heading into 2016.

Senate Republicans have done more harm to the goal of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons than they have done good.

What reporters see as stonewalling may be shrewd clock management.

Now that they control all of Congress, some Republicans are suddenly deciding that the filibuster should be repealed.