Outside the Beltway

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

John Kelly, President Trump’s former Chief of Staff, is speaking out nearly a year after leaving office

The stage for the sixth Democratic debate in December is likely to be much smaller.

After coming under fire for a decision designed primarily to benefit himself and his family, President Trump has decided to walk back the decision to hold the next G-7 Summit at one of his properties.

In what seems to be clear violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses, the President is seeking to enrich himself and his family,

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

With the ongoing Ukraine scandal having an impact in Washington and Kyiv, the biggest winner is in Moscow.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

A new poll finds President Trump trailing his potential Democratic opponents by huge margins among Latino voters.

The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward on impeachment. Sort of.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of a Presidential race few people realized she was in.

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

An Oklahoma state court Judge has handed down what many are hailing as a landmark ruling related to the opioid crisis, but there’s reason to be skeptical about his conclusions.

President Trump doubled down on his tirade against Jewish American Democrats from yesterday with some even more offensive comments.

Jon Huntsman has resigned as Ambassador to Russia ahead of an anticipated bid to return as Utah’s Governor, a position he held 11 years ago.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

The House Democratic Caucus is becoming more divided on the issue of moving forward with impeachment.

The President unleashed another racist attack, this time on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings.

On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.

For the first time in a century, a chamber of Congress has voted to condemn a sitting President. That won’t stop this President.

Increased focus on conservative efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade appears to be rallying public support for abortion rights.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

Delay of game.

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

There isn’t a lot of legislating going on.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

Last week, New Hampshire became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Thus becoming the 21st state to do so.

Kamala Harris is trying to jump-start her Presidential campaign with an idea for a new law, but it’s probably unconstitutional and would never get through Congress.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s patently unconstitutional abortion law.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

As the Administration continues to stonewall legitimate requests from Congress for documents and witnesses, pressure is growing on Speaker Pelosi to authorize the opening of an impeachment inquiry.

The House has passed legislation that would extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act to LGBT Americans, but it is probably doomed in the Senate.

More proportional than the GOP, but perhaps not as proportional as one might think.

Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are turning to a surprising source for counsel.

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

More good news for Joe Biden, this time out of South Carolina.

Stacey Abrams, best known for losing the race for Governor of Georgia in 2018, is still apparently thinking of getting in the race. Her chances seem slim at best.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

Recent poll numbers suggest that the President is vulnerable in the part of the country that assured his Electoral College victory in 2020, but Democrats are going to have to work hard to flip these states.