Outside the Beltway

The current budget deal expires in six days and Congress doesn’t seem to know what it’s going to do about it.

The economy grew in the final quarter of 2017, but at a slower pace than earlier in the year and far slower than what the President has promised.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

Another mass shooting.

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Who could have predicted we would be where we are at the moment in terms of racial politics and the White House?

Yes, even Nazis must have their rights to peaceful speech and assembly protected.

A van struck a crowd outside a London mosque late last night in an attack by a man who said he wanted to kill Muslims.

Puerto Rican voters voted overwhelmingly for statehood yesterday in a referendum whose legitimacy is being questioned due to boycotts by opposition parties.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem anytime soon.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

Another Federal Court has found another Trump Executive Order unconstitutional.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

Ben Carson is back and he’s saying some pretty dumb things again.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

The reality of global climate change made itself evident again in 2016.

A long-standing staple of American culture will soon be no more.

Public defenders in New Mexico are overworked, underfunded, and outmatched, but then that’s true pretty much everywhere in the country.

Another attack in what has been a bloody 2016 for Europe.

An odd choice for HUD Secretary.

Another month of solid but not spectacular jobs growth seems to guarantee that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates this month.

Trump had a much lower bar than Clinton going in. Neither cleared it.

Another sign of a weak economy as the Federal Reserve considers rate hikes and the Presidential campaign moves forward.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

There’s nothing compasssionate about protectionism.

As expected, Hillary Clinton went with the ‘safe’ choice, and has selected Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.

Mississippi tried to provide special protection to opponents of same-sex marriage and transgender rights. A Federal District Court Judge, properly, finds the law to be unconstitutional.

The Financial Crisis was not a problem of macroeconomics, but a cluster of microeconomic problems all acting together.

A purported ‘short list’ of potential running mates for Hillary Clinton is out. Here’s how the candidates stack up.

A report card for the 2009 Stimulus Bill.

The Clinton campaign probably thought the email story was behind them. The new report from the State Department’s Inspector General shows just how wrong they were about that.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

The political fight over North Carolina’s so-called “Bathroom Bill” has moved to the Federal Courts.

Surprising results from a new poll regarding “bathroom” bills and transgender Americans.

The rise of Trump and Sanders has resurrected a debate as old as Western civilization.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is beginning to look beyond Bernie Sanders and talk about running mates.