Outside the Beltway

Continuing the fight at this point is not just Quixotic, it’s unsporting.

An historic achievement.

One media critic is arguing that news organizations should ignore the fact that Hillary Clinton will become the Presumptive Democratic Nominee tomorrow. This is utterly ridiculous.

Closer to making history.

Bernie Sanders is continuing to let his supporters believe he has a chance to win the Democratic nomination. He is either delusional, or he is lying to his supporters.

Donald Trump’s open contempt for the Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press should disqualify him from being considered an acceptable candidate for President.

Hillary Clinton is hoping to avoid an embarrassing loss in California to Bernie Sanders, and she just got some help from an unlikely source.

Donald Trump is now just 28 delegates away from clinching the GOP nomination. New Jersey’s primary on June 7th will put him over the top.

Deflategate isn’t over yet and, depending on what happens in the Courts, could still be unresolved at the end of the N.F.L. season that begins in September.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders split victories in Kentucky and Oregon last night, and Clinton is now less than 100 delegates away from an historic victory.

Pfizer has become the latest drug maker from barring its products from being used in executions.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

Donald Trump seems poised for another solid victory in Indiana tomorrow, while the effort to stop him from winning a majority of delegates looks to be running out of options.

For better or worse, Republicans seem to be resigning themselves to the inevitable.

In an unprecedented move that reeks of desperation, Ted Cruz is naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate before the primary process has even ended.

Another round of victories puts Donald Trump another step closer to the Republican nomination.

Ted Cruz and John Kasich have come up with yet another plan to stop Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton scored another big win in New York last night, putting her closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, and causing Bernie Sanders’ campaign to make even less sense.

Justice Sotomayor argued last week that we ought to look somewhere other than just the Courts of Appeal, the Ivy League, and the Northeast for Supreme Court Justices. She’s right.

Another historic launch and return by SpaceX.

A country music legend has passed.

For most Americans, the debate over same-sex marriage is over and marriage equality has won. This would not, however, include the social conservatives who continue to have a much too vocal role in the Republican Party.

Putting Donald Trump at the top of the ticket would likely lead to an Electoral College disaster for Republicans.

Is Ted Cruz really the only alternative to Donald Trump?

There are some signs of hope out of Wisconsin for those trying to stop Donald Trump.

Thanks to an equally divided Supreme Court, public employee unions won a case they most likely would have lost had Justice Scalia lived.

Ohio Governor John Kasich cannot win a majority of delegates at this point, but he’s still resisting calls to drop out of the race.

It’s time for Bernie Sanders and his supporters to face reality. He’s not going to be the Democratic nominee.

Looking at the delegate math, Donald Trump’s path to victory seems to be becoming clearer by the day.

One of the pioneers of the technology revolution of the past four decades has passed away.

With Donald Trump inching closer to a delegate majority with each primary, it’s obvious that GOP insiders have no idea how to stop Donald Trump.

Marco Rubio is ruling out a return to politics, at least for now.

After stumbling in Michigan last week, Hillary Clinton picked up a string of solid victories last night that put her one step closer to winning the nomination.

A big night in the Republican race for President leaves Donald Trump as the only candidate realistically situated to be anywhere near a majority of delegates by the time the primaries end in June.

The eighth Democratic debate raises the question of whether we really need this many debates.

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

The effort to stop Donald Trump seems likely to set off a civil war inside the Republican Party.

It seems increasingly apparent that the only way to stop Donald Trump now is by trying to force a contested convention. It also seems clear that such a plan probably wouldn’t succeed.

The Supreme Court seems as closely divided as ever on an issue that has divided the nation for forty years, but the implications of Justice Scalia’s death were quite apparent during oral argument in the Texas Abortion Law case.

American Astronaut Scott Kelly is back home after a year in orbit.

As expected, Hillary Clinton won big last night while Bernie Sanders largely floundered, thus going further toward making Clinton’s victory inevitable.

A Federal Judge in New York has denied an F.B.I. request to force Apple to extract data from iPhones involved in a Federal drug case.

There’s little doubt that Hillary Clinton will win today’s South Carolina Primary, the only question is how big a win she’s likely to score.

With one surprise endorsement, Donald Trump stole the post-debate news cycle from Marco Rubio.

A man who helped create a multi-billion dollar a year industry, and some mighty fine wine, has passed away.

Apple is resisting a Federal Court order that it assist the F.B.I. in decryption of the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.