Outside the Beltway

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

Congressman Chris Collins, an early supporter of President Trump’s, will be pleading guilty to insider trading charges.

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

Does it get much more swampy than this?

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson will retire at the end of 2019, setting up a contest in 2020 to fill the remainder of his term.

The Trump campaign and several other parties have filed lawsuits challenging California’s new law requiring candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns.

California’s legislature has passed a law purporting to require candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns, but it’s likely to face legal challenges if it becomes law.

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

Is the Sanders-Warren position too extreme for the general election?

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

The politics is understandable but the result is damaging to the country.

Patrick Shanahan, who has been serving as Acting Defense Secretary since James Mattis left in December, is being selected to replace Mattis in that position.

California is the latest state to try to force all Presidential candidates, including the President, to release their tax returns as a condition for getting on the ballot. It’s not at all clear that this is permitted under the Constitution.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

This is my shocked face.

Counter-Intelligence officials are warning that Russia is preparing another election interference campaign for the 2020 election.

Howdy, folks. I’m Butch Bracknell.

A Washington Post columnists tries to make the case.

The office has been vacant for 81 days. President Trump has yet to nominate a replacement.

There’s a political scandal brewing in Canada just as that nation starts looking ahead to elections later this year.

A 2016 Trump Campaign staffer has filed a lawsuit against the President alleging that she was assaulted by Trump during the campaign.

There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump’s current actions).

A man somehow got elected governor without being very good at politics.

His critique is rather telling.

A new report raises an old question that’s now irrelevant.

Federal employees deemed “essential” missed a paycheck yesterday in violation of US labor law.

Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.

The scandal-plagued Secretary of the Interior is leaving office at the end of the year.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

A state trial court Judge in New York rejected efforts by the Donald Trump to halt a lawsuit alleging charity fraud in connection with the operation of The Trump Foundation.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

In news replete with irony, it’s being reported that Ivanka Trump used a private email account to communicate about government business.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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

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

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.

Despite his ethical issues, Bob Menendez appears to be solidifying his position in New Jersey’s Senate race.

In an ordinary year with an ordinary candidate New Jersey should be a slam dunk for Democrats. This, however, is not an ordinary year.

Just how far should White House staffers and civil servants go in protecting the public from an erratic president?

After four days of hearings, the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems assured.

The second day of questioning for Judge Brett Kavanaugh was a bit rockier than the first, but nothing happened that seriously threatens his eventual confirmation.

Day One of questions for Judge Brett Kavanaugh went about as you’d expect.

The first day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings was much ado about pretty much nothing, but then that can be used to describe a process whose outcome is pretty much foreordained.

With just 72 days to go until Election Day, the chances that the Democrats will take control of at least one chamber of Congress are looking quite good.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez continues to lead in the polls, but his lead is far from secure.

California Republican Duncan Hunter Jr, who was an early backer of President Trump’s campaign, has been indicted on charges he used massive amounts of campaign funds to pay for personal expenses.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.