Outside the Beltway

Joe Manchin looks to be facing a strong challenge from Patrick Morrisey.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has tightened in some recent polls, but on average the battle for control of Congress continues to favor Democrats.

When it comes to the Trump White House, the fish rots from the head down.

Support for gun control spiked in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting but it appears to be returning to more normal levels, and that’s bad news for gun control advocates.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

Not surprisingly, Mike Pompeo was confirmed as America’s 70th Secretary of State today. Now, the hard work begins.

Hillary Clinton isn’t running for anything in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from running against her.

Hoping that Donald Trump might not run for reelection? Don’t get your hopes up.

Based on his recent behavior, it’s clear that the President is worried about how loyal Michael Cohen might actually turn out to be.

With just over six months to go before the 2018 elections, the storm clouds are starting to gather for the Republican Party.

Rudy Giuliani is joining President Trump’s legal team but it’s unclear what he actually brings to that team.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

Cuba has a new President and he isn’t named Castro, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to see significant change in the near future.

Two months after the shooting in Parkland, Florida, support for gun control measures seems to be slipping.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

The parents of two of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing Alex Jones for falsely accusing them of lying about the deaths of their children.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

CNN reports that the Interior Secretary, who claims to be a “geologist,” merely has a geology degree.

Whether they like it or not, Republican candidates in the midterms will have to run with the albatross of Donald Trump around their necks.

Running for and being President of the United States has been very lucrative for the family business.

Dueling data on civil service compensation belie the adage that you can’t choose your own facts.

Governor Rick Scott has entered the race to challenge Bill Nelson in Florida, creating what is likely to be one of the most closely watched races of the year.

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

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.

A Federal Judge is allowing a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is improperly benefiting from business being done at the hotel in Washington, D.C. bearing his name to go forward.

Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.

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.

Does Rick Santorum really think that learning CPR can stop school shootings?

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

Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.

The Department Of Justice is proposing a rule change that would ban bump stocks, but it could run into legal problems.

Republicans on Capitol Hill worried about all the leaking coming from the Trump White House would be wise to actually do the oversight the Constitution compels them to do.

A top basketball prospect is skipping the farcical year in college before turning pro.

Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

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?

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Students across the country are staging 17-minute protests at 10 am in their time zones.

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.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

A majority of Americans say their lives are not “disrupted” by the time change. They’re wrong.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

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

What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

The President jokingly praised his Chinese counterpart’s power grab at a fundraiser. But he seriously doesn’t understand the rule of law.

I’ve made the sad discovery that longtime friend of the blog John Burgess passed away on February 16, 2016.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.