Outside the Beltway

We’re set to return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits, and Republicans won’t do a thing about it.

Trump’s tariff plan isn’t going over well in farm country, and that could cause problems for the GOP in November.

The great negotiator in the White House is likely underestimating the tools available to Xi.

Tim Pawlenty is attempting a comeback in Minnesota. It won’t be easy.

Former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen appears to be poised to give Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn a run for her money in the Volunteer State.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

The woman who lost the 2016 election is apparently not going to go away.

As expected, Russia has retaliated for the retaliation against it in connection with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the second partisan gerrymandering case of the term, and once again they appear to be divided.

John Dowd allegedly raised the possibility while the Mueller investigation was closing in on the two presidential advisors.

If you recall your grade school civics, you already knew this.

California has pushed back quickly against the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 Census.

If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.

New polling shows that public support for several gun control proposals continue to increase in the wake of February’s shooting at a Parkland, Florida High School.

Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin

The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

The special counsel may be moving beyond the 2016 campaign and into post-election obstruction of justice.

To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin has won re-election to another term as Russia’s President.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

Not unexpectedly, Russia has retaliated for Great Britain’s retaliation for Russia’s apparent assassination attempt on British history.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

H.R. McMaster appears to be on the way out as National Security Adviser. The important question is, who replaces him?

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.

Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.

Ending an investigation that was flawed and tainted with partisanship from the start, the House Intelligence Committee has abruptly concluded its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

The legal distinction between “personal capacity” and “official capacity” makes no sense for senior presidential appointees.

While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.

Texas has an unusually named (and, well, unusual) candidate for the GOP nomination for governor.

After six months, Angela Merkel has apparently succeeded in forming a coalition government.

The latest, and most grave, example of the current tide of right-wing populism can be found in Italy.

Both parties are up compared to 2014, but Democratic votes are way up.

Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?

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

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.