Outside the Beltway

Here’s what will happen regarding the selection of a successor to Senator McCain.

Iconic Broadway legend Neil Simon, who was responsible for hits such as “The Odd Couple, has died at the age of 91.

Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81,

Sad news about a Senate stalwart who has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer for more than a year.

RIP. Queen Of Soul

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.

Forty-two years after being founded in a California garage, and twenty years after nearly going broke, Apple Computer has become the first publicly traded company to top $1 trillion in value.

Senate Democrats appear to be recognizing that there’s basically nothing they can do to stop the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Notwithstanding his dismissive public rhetoric about the former Vice-President, Donald Trump apparently sees Joe Biden as his biggest potential threat in 2020.

A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

The Trump Administration’s new legal position on coverage for people with pre-existing conditions could pose political problems in the fall.

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

After three years of ethical and criminal charges, Bob Menendez got a bit of a slap on the wrist from New Jersey Democrats.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.

Just when you think the President has hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

As expected, Gina Haspel was confirmed as C.I.A. Director yesterday despite her controversial record when it comes to torture.

With a third Democrat crossing the aisle to support her, Gina Haspel now has the votes she needs to become the next C.I.A. Director.

A surprise announcement about the First Lady.

The former Senate Majority Leader had surgery in Maryland after an apparently early diagnosis.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

The White House isn’t apologizing for an aide who made a joke about John McCain’s most likely terminal illness. That shouldn’t be surprising.

When it comes to the Trump White House, the fish rots from the head down.

Gina Haspel faced some tough questions from Democrats regarding her role in the C.I.A.’s post-9/11 torture programs, but she’s likely to be confirmed anyway.

Regrets, he’s had a few.

John McCain continues to bravely battle an aggressive form of brain cancer, but he’s already made clear that he doesn’t want the 45th President of the United States at his funeral.

In a new book, Senator John McCain makes an announcement that everyone was anticipating.

Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee for the Senate in Arizona, is leading all three of her potential Republican challengers. This could spell trouble for the GOP.

The star of “Night Court” and “Dave’s World” is gone.

Late last week, Hawaii became the seventh state and eighth major American jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide.

Dan Drezner notes some challenges on this topic, and I add some of my own thoughts.

There are no magic foods. Cleanses are unnecessary and probably unhealthy. But we’re still eating a diet high in crap we know we shouldn’t eat.

Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.

A majority of Americans say their lives are not “disrupted” by the time change. They’re wrong.

My former home state executes more people per capita than any other state in the union. It has not gotten much better at it.

The actor best known for his run on M*A*S*H died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

After spending much of 2017 trying to do it, Republicans are giving up on any effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act before the midterms.

With less than two days to go, the prospects for Congress finding a way to prevent a government shutdown aren’t looking good.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

That “Romney for Senate” campaign seems pretty much inevitable.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

Meet Matthew Peterson, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia who apparently doesn’t know much about trials.

The final version of the tax bill appears to be on track for passage, but the devil is in the details.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.