Outside the Beltway

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

Another music superstar has passed away.

Another conflict of interest for President-Elect Trump.

Godspeed, John Glenn.

Another name may be on the short list for Secretary of State.

Rest In Peace, Mrs. Brady.

With twenty-one days to go until Election Day, things are looking very good for Hillary Clinton.

News outlets are suddenly finding out that Trump was a cad in 2005. Film at 11.

As we head into the second Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looks to be in very good shape.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

An 11-year-old tape of the Republican nominee making misogynistic comments should surprise no one.

Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.

The creator of some of the most popular television programming of the 1970s has passed away at the age of 81.

With the Republican nomination fight down to two incredibly unappealing candidates, some Republican insiders are talking about looking elsewhere for a nominee.

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.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

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

Hillary Clinton pulled off a strong win that promises to set up a string of victories that will likely leave Bernie Sanders in the dust.

“Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times’ sake?”

“Can’t do it, Sally.”

Is this really ‘infuriating’ news?

St. Louis will lose its second NFL team in 28 years as the Rams go home to LA.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the newest film in the Star Wars saga is breaking all kinds of records.

Remembering a legend on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The news that the late football legend Frank Gifford suffered from the same chronic brain disease that has been diagnosed in many N.F.L. players in recent years, and the upcoming release of a new film on the issue, seems certain to increase pressure to protect players at all levels of football.

Even the people hired to advice Ben Carson on foreign policy seem to recognize that he is clueless on the subject, and has no apparent desire to educate himself.

Donald Trump likes to tell people that he’ll never be beholden to special interests because he’s self-funding his campaign. So far, though, that doesn’t really seem to be true.

Donald Trump was on Saturday Night Live last night. It wasn’t even remotely funny.

Houston voters rejected a broad anti-discrimination law largely due to a campaign that focused almost exclusively on concerns about transgender rights.

A man with one of the more unique political and personal resumes in recent memory has passed away.

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?

A proposed California law would require all students who attend public school to be vaccinated, with limited exemptions for medical reasons.

Whether Republicans are ready or not, Donald Trump is coming.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

There’s a better way to finance news than hiding it behind paywalls.

Vaccination has eliminated a disease that used to be a serious threat from the Americas.

It’s time for another White House Correspondent’s Dinner, and it’s going to be just as atrocious as the last one. But, the dinner isn’t the real problem.

The Atlantic has a fascinating cover story by Graeme Wood titled “What ISIS Really Wants.”

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

Reversing a previous decision, Sony will allow The Interview to be screened in a small number of theaters.

President Obama criticized Sony for backing down, and said that the U.S. would respond to North Korea’s cyber attack “at a place and time we choose,”

In the wake of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on C.I.A. torture, some have suggested that eight years of Jack Bauer helped make torture more acceptable to the American public.

The U.S. Government has formally charged North Korea with responsibility for the hacking attack on Sony. How to respond to that attack is a more complicated question.

With major theater chains having pulled out, Sony bowed to the inevitable, but now there appears to be proof that a foreign power is behind the Sony hacking attacks and threats of violence.