Outside the Beltway

A new poll shows Donald Trump barely winning in a state that should be solidly red.

Donald Trump’s support among African-Americans is at historic lows, and seems unlikely to recover.

It just keeps getting worse.

The latest desperation bid from anti-Trump Republicans is guaranteed to make a GOP civil war more likely.

In a sign of just how bad the trends are right now for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is gaining ground in states that Mitt Romney won four years ago.

It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump, something he can ill-afford with less than 100 days left until Election Day.

A look at the state of the race before the two party conventions begin.

Donald Trump has a steep hill to climb to reverse a quarter century trend.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

Donald Trump’s open contempt for the Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press should disqualify him from being considered an acceptable candidate for President.

An increasing number of Republican politicians are finding reasons to skip the Republican National Convention.

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.

It’s not going to happen.

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

For better or worse, Republicans seem to be resigning themselves to the inevitable.

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

For most Americans, the debate over same-sex marriage is over and marriage equality has won. This would not, however, include the social conservatives who continue to have a much too vocal role in the Republican Party.

Putting Donald Trump at the top of the ticket would likely lead to an Electoral College disaster for Republicans.

Another big night for Donald Trump puts him another step closer to being the presumptive GOP nominee.

They haven’t gotten much attention, but there are five contests today as the 2016 nomination process continues to move forward.

Donald Trump canceled his speech at CPAC, but it’s unlikely to harm his campaign at all.

As expected, Hillary Clinton won big last night while Bernie Sanders largely floundered, thus going further toward making Clinton’s victory inevitable.

As expected, Donald Trump dominated Super Tuesday, putting himself one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee for President.

Changes that the Republican National Committee made to delegate allocation rules in response to what happened in 2012 are helping Donald Trump in 2016.

It’s Super Tuesday, and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to go a long way toward securing the nominations of their respective parties.

Donald Trump is positioned to do very well on Super Tuesday, while Ted Cruz should win his home state. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, seems to be struggling to maintain his relevance.

Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sander last night in South Carolina, pushing the race further down the path that leads to an inevitable outcome.

Hillary Clinton still has a massive lead in South Carolina, and in the Super Tuesday states that follow.

After more than three decades, the men and women held hostage in Iran for 444 days will receive at least some compensation.

NATO is extending full membership to the tiny nation of Montenegro, and there doesn’t seem to be a good reason why they’re doing it.

No, there really haven’t been 355 ‘mass shootings’ since January 1st. Not unless you’re relying on completely unreliable data.

Syrian refugees have quickly become political footballs in the United States in the wake of the Paris attacks, and it’s become an exceedingly shameful display of pandering and fearmongering by a group of largely Republican politicians.

Paul Ryan is getting pressure from all sides to get into the race for Speaker Of The House.

NASA had a potentially significant announcement today.

A trial court Judge in Oregon is the latest public official to refuse to do his job.

The 2016 election will be fought on a very small battlefield, and right now the makeup of that battlefield heavily favors the Democrats.

In 1992, an eccentric billionaire ran an independent campaign against a Bush and a Clinton. It could happen again.

Low costs and regulatory barriers are attracting people to red states–thus turning them purple and blue.

Donald Trump stuck his foot in his mouth again.

The Confederate Flag needs to be removed from official places of honor, but do we really need to worry about reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard?

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the death penalty is administered, dealing a serious blow to opponents of the death penalty.

The people who continue to claim that the Confederate Flag is about anything other than hatred, racism, and a nation that celebrated slavery are lying to you and to themselves.

If you’re under 21 in Hawaii, you’re still technically an adult but you can’t buy tobacco.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.

A well-founded fear of ISIS seems to be drawing many of the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia closer to Moscow.

Surely it’s time to put a woman on American currency again, but why go after Alexander Hamilton?