Outside the Beltway

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

Running for President as Vice President is uniquely challenging.

The fight has now expanded to a third front.

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

The war cabinet is gone. He now owns the war completely.

The moderates are gone.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

Our natural instincts in hiring are wrong.

It’s a problematic concept.

The President declares Hamas “no longer capable” of large-scale attack.

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

The UN body cites violation of the Genocide Convention.

Most of the biggest countries in the world have birth rates below replacement level.

It’s depressingly short.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

The Israeli government has no plan. Its defense minister does.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

There is no obvious better state of the peace acceptable to both parties.

War crime does pay.

Neither side is willing to give up on its war aims just yet.

On the complexity of political funding.

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

This is only “one alternative, and this is being murdered.”

Are we betraying the Founders?

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

On-campus classes have been suspended and Jewish students told to find safety.

The AP journalist taken hostage for almost seven years has died.

The Western sphere widens.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

It was the least they could do.

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

It must be another day that ends in a “Y”

Two related questions.

Some initial thoughts.

When does humanitarian catastrophe become something more?

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.