Outside the Beltway

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

For Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter, Jr. being indicted didn’t stop them from being re-elected.

The emergence of a silly talking point.

In addition to winning back the House, Democrats also made gains in Governor’s races.

As expected, the midterm elections ended up being a split result that gives Democrats and Republicans alike reason to celebrate.

The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.

When do we stop pretending that Fox News Channel is anything other than State Run Media for the Trump Administration?

The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.

Faced with the probability of losses today, President Trump is already getting ready to blame everyone but himself.

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

Bret Stephens’ piece this week adds up to not much.

National Republicans are worried that the President’s concentration on hot-button issues could end up backfiring. They should be.

Michael Bloomberg is flirting with the idea of running for President in 2020. He’s done this before, of course, but this time he seems far more serious.

Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.

While the numbers seem to show that scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menendez will win re-election on Tuesday, national Democrats aren’t taking any chances.

Jobs Growth in October exceeded expectations, as did wage growth. It’s unclear, though, how long these numbers can be sustained.

As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

President Trump is now claiming he will end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants via Executive Order. He clearly lacks the authority to do this.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

Thirty-seven years ago, Ronald Reagan spoke out against hatred and bigotry in a way that the current President refuses to do.

A Senate race in Mississippi could end up being the deciding factor in the battle for control of the Senate.

President Trump’s trade war with China is leading car manufacturers to shift production from the U.S. to China.

Hillary Clinton is hinting about maybe running in 2020 again. Is she serious, or is this just a publicity stunt?

The blatant stoking of irrational fear as campaign politics.

Trump’s words matter.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

Authorities have arrested a Florida man named Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Trump supporter, in connection with the wave of bombing attempts directed at critics of the President.

Donald Trump is talking about a tax cut that appears to exist only in his own mind.

More outrageous behavior by the President of the United States.

Newt Gingrich has endorsed President Trump’s use of the rhetoric of Josef Stalin to attack the American news media.

President Trump’s private phone calls are apparently a major source of intelligence for foreign nations.

Congressman Keith Ellison appears to be falling behind in the race to be Minnesota’s next Attorney General.

Four suspicious packages addressed to prominent political and media figures have been intercepted in the past three days.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

Republicans passed a tax cut bill in December they hoped would help in the midterm elections. It has turned out to be a big dud.

Add yet another name to the potential Democratic campaign field in 2020.

President Trump is preparing to scrap a thirty-year-old treaty that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. It would be a foolish mistake.

The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.

Some Democrats and political pundits are putting Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke forward as a potential 2020 candidate, but he says no.

A new poll shows a decided turn toward the Democratic candidates for Governor and Senator in Florida, but it may be an outlier.

Most Americans think Justice Kavanaugh was at least partly deceptive in his response to allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford and other women.

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

President Trump is heaping praise on a Congressman who physically assaulted a reporter.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

President Trump is serving as a knowing apologist for a despotic regime.

Donald Trump is a coward and an apologist for evil around the world.