Outside the Beltway

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

While the West dithers, Russia is doubling down.

It’s a relative thing.

An anti-Trump Republican endorses Trump.

As the Silents and Boomers die off, their assets will be redistributed.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Who could have seen this coming?

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

Easy Come, Easy Go.

A century-old tradition has gone by the wayside.

A truckload of deplorables.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

There will be lawyers.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

An unexpected 11th hour reprieve.

He may be fighting the last war.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Creeping authoritarianism? Political suicide? Descent into madness?

Most of the things with his name on them are not in his name.

Millions of fools and their money may soon be parted.

A familiar question is again a reasonable one.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

Sic a mob on a guy and this is the thanks Trump gets.

An unserious plan by an unserious group.

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

The inevitable is all but official.

Israel’s prime minister is defying red lines and humanitarian concerns.

Here we go again.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

California’s next Senator had his night spoiled.

The last challenger to Donald Trump bows to reality.

It’s easy if you try.

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

The “interference with the administration of justice” enhancement was wrongly applied.

The Supreme Court has effectively derailed the main criminal case against the likely Republican nominee.

The longest serving Republican Leader is passing the torch.

Reading the tea leaves in Michigan.

The S&P and Nikkei are at all-time highs. Economists warn that it won’t last.

In a shocking development, the overwhelming frontrunner is winning.

A truly insane proposition.

The politics of chaos.