Outside the Beltway

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

Stoking anti-Semitism for political gain

A relatively strong performance doesn’t change the narrative.

The President’s demand that Democrats shut up and rally behind him is going unheeded.

Democrats desperate for a different nominee are falling in line as the President refuses to go.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

Ezra Klein makes a compelling case.

He’s at 61 percent disapproval in the lastest Monmouth poll.

More on an ongoing saga.

We finally have a Chief of Naval Operations but the crisis in the top ranks continues.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

A roundup of news and opinon.

Much ado about nothing?

Congress is doing something, at least.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

The inmates are running the asylum.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

The times, they are a-changin’.

When we do it, it’s negotiation. When they do it, it’s hostage taking—and terrorism.

The inevitable next shoe has dropped.

It’s time for her to step down.

Some of these things are not like the other.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Because of course she is.

There was some quiet meddling going on.

With a win in Nevada, the party will retain at least 50 seats.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

The West Virginia Senator has pulled away the football yet again.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

Hoisted by their own petard.

Do you believe in miracles?

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

They’re searching for good times. But just wait and see.

What happens if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade?

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.