Outside the Beltway

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

Despite the conciliatory language after Tuesday, it’s unlikely that much will change in Washington in the next two years.

The party’s loss of Senate control has basically sealed Landrieu’s fate.

What happened Tuesday? And what does it tell us about 2016?

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie picked an odd issue on which to start his closing argument to Virginia voters.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

Once again, Justice Ginsburg is telling people she has no plans to resign, but her explanation is a bit different this time.

A political earthquake in the Sunflower State that could have a big impact on the battle for control of the Senate.

In what would be a classic bit of political irony, polling indicates that the House lawsuit against the President could make Democrats more likely to vote in November.

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

The current Congress is on course to be the least productive in decades.

Some people on the left are still trying to convince Ruth Bader Ginsburg that she needs to just step out on the ice floe already.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.