Outside the Beltway

And general considerations on mid-term elections.

Huge swaths of the country are underserved.

We’re at the lowest rate in generations.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

Any “fair” drawing of districts will yield a GOP advantage over time.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.

A startling number than may understate the problem.

President Trump’s illegal plan to exclude illegal aliens may have been thwarted.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

A legally correct ruling based on a lie.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

It will, however, be appealed to SCOTUS.

Already-high rates have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

The White House is doubling down on its illegitimate stonewalling of valid Congressional document requests.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

The map shows the flaws of the Electoral College

Economic analysts are growing increasingly worried that the President’s trade war could push the world economy into recession, and take the American economy along with it.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

He could lose the popular vote by an even larger margin in 2020—and still coast to re-election.

The legal and political showdown between Congress and the White House has entered into a new stage.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

After the census debacle, some reports indicate that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross may be next on President Trump’s chopping block.

The House Judiciary Committee has upped the ante in the showdown between the Trump Administration and Congress.

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that will make it easier for Congress to get President Trump’s tax returns.

The Trump Administration has informed Federal District Court Judges in Maryland and New York that it intends to still try to justify putting a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

A day after appearing to have conceded the issue, the Trump Administration says it is still looking for a way to include a citizenship question on the ballot.

In the wake of an adverse Supreme Court ruling, the Trump Administration has decided not to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Trump Administration has officially conceded to the rule of law.

As expected, the House Ways & Means Committee is suing Treasury Secretary Mnuchin over his refusal to provide the committee with copies of the President’s tax returns.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a series of cases challenging the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

In a clear defeat for the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Federal Government could not ask about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

In a significant setback for challenges to partisan gerrymandering, the Supreme Court has effectively ruled that Federal Courts do not have jurisdiction to hear challenges to redistricting based on partisan motivations.