Outside the Beltway

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

Is that right? If so, is it reasonable?

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

Are 20 arrests worth a $1.2 million dollar investment?

While enormous, the commander-in-chief’s control over state secrets is not absolute.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

Calling it a “deal” is vastly over-selling it.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

Two incumbents roared to victory despite his opposition.

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

Party leaders are treating an electoral defeat as inevitable.

An example of when better isn’t better.

Some of the other costs that come with exercising a constitutional right

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

Can it overcome demographics and decoupling to sustain its current unprecedented growth?

Do you believe in miracles?

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.