Outside the Beltway

Hillary Clinton has a slight lead in national polling over Donald Trump as the battle for the White House really begins.

With the race for the Democratic nomination over, President Obama is ready to hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton.

With Republicans in Trump-induced disarray, Libertarians are meeting to pick their nominee and the hope that 2016 could be the year their party finally gets the attention it has craved for four decades.

The Clinton campaign probably thought the email story was behind them. The new report from the State Department’s Inspector General shows just how wrong they were about that.

A group of states led by Texas has filed a suit in response to new guidelines from the Federal Government regarding the rights of transgender students.

A bad day for the Clinton campaign.

For Donald Trump at least, the start of the General Election campaign is the perfect time to dredge up decades old conspiracy theories.

On his trip to Hanoi, President announced the latest sign that the Vietnam War is finally something both nations have manged to put behind them.

A Federal Court has ruled that the Administration violated the law when it spent funds allocated under the PPACA for purposes other than those authorized by Congress.

The political fight over North Carolina’s so-called “Bathroom Bill” has moved to the Federal Courts.

A first look at the Electoral College paints a very grim picture for Donald Trump and the GOP.

The rise of Trump and Sanders has resurrected a debate as old as Western civilization.

If you think this campaign has been awful, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Another round of victories puts Donald Trump another step closer to the Republican nomination.

A new poll finds that Donald Trump is really, really disliked by voters, but it’s unclear how much that will matter going forward.

Is Ted Cruz really the only alternative to Donald Trump?

Should we treat terrorists as trolls?

President Obama told a group of Democratic donors that the Sanders campaign is nearing its end and that they need to start uniting behind Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump is motivating people! The problem for Republicans is that he’s motivating them to become citizens so they can vote against him and, potentially, other Republicans.

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

With time running out, the top three candidates for the Republican nomination picked up right where they left off last week.

A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.

Ronald Reagan famously claimed, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” I’m going through the process in reverse.

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz landed some punches on Donald Trump last night, but it’s doubtful that they changed the nature of the race.

On Tuesday, Ted Cruz’s campaign faces what amounts to a do-or-die battle in Texas.

Is President Obama planning a Checkmate move in the SCOTUS nomination fight?

Notwithstanding polling that indicates the American public disagrees with them, Senate Republicans emerged from a meeting today largely united on the idea of not giving any Supreme Court nominee named by President a hearing, or even the courtesy of a meeting.

The President has another plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It’s as likely to be well-received on Capitol Hill as all of his other previous plans on this issue.

Conservatives are sending a message to Senate Republicans about the vacancy on the Supreme Court, and it may require them to initiate a suicidal game plan.

For now at least, the Bush Dynasty has seen the end of its involvement in national politics.

Donald Trump racks up another big win, while Marco Rubio surges into second and likely saves his campaign for now.

More likely than not, South Carolina marks the end of the road for Jeb Bush’s bid for the Presidency.

Donald Trump is on the verge of another big victory.

Donald Trump appears headed for another victory in South Carolina’s primary.

One week before the South Carolina Primary, the remaining Republican candidates for President clashed in a headed debate.

Donald Trump is back on top, but the field below him remains as confused as ever.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.

Without Trump, the seventh Republican debate largely focused on Ted Cruz, who doesn’t seem to have done himself any favors. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will likely not pay any price at all for skipping the last pre-Iowa debate.

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have won the endorsement of the Des Moines Register, but it’s unclear how much this will help their respective campaigns.

Another hopeful step forward, thanks to diplomacy.

Jim Webb’s recent criticism of Hillary Clinton is renewing speculation about an independent bid for the White House, but he hardly seems like a viable candidate for such a run.

Donald Trump is in second place, and tied, with Pope Francis, in a poll asking Americans to name the person they most admired in 2015.

Americans don’t trust their government or each other. There’s no reason to hope it’ll get better.

In a move it had been telegraphing for the better part of a year, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since July 2006.

The Fifth Republican Debate, and the last of 2015, was marked by expected clashes between the candidates, and one that never happened.

A new study suggests that being a national leader may shorten your expected lifespan.

Ted Cruz surges to a lead in the latest Iowa poll, setting up a seemingly inevitable showdown between the Texas Senator and Donald Trump.