Outside the Beltway

Blue states might get some surprising help.

And thoughts on “mandates.”

The fight over the continuing resolution raises some questions.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

Confirming who he always has been.

Political grandstanding over dubious claims of privilege.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

It is a bit of a mess.

He may be fighting the last war.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

There is no denying that he was consequential.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

An unsurprising twist.

Yes, every special election is a very special snowflake, but trends do emerge

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

Trump and Trump-adjacent stories for this round of Tabs.

A shameful farce.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

More on an ongoing saga.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Sigh.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

Emmer drops out.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

A hopeful irony.

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.

In a bathtub?

Will at least four Republicans have a spine?

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

What does “complete victory” look like?

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

McCarthy lost it. Turned in his gavel. You, guy, are number 1.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.