Outside the Beltway

Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready.

Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81,

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

Joe Manchin looks to be facing a strong challenge from Patrick Morrisey.

They hired Israeli Private Investigators to dig up dirt on former Obama officials, including Ben Rhodes and Colin Kahl.

The former SecState is engaging in some shadow diplomacy.

French President Emmanuel Macron predicts, correctly, that President Trump will pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran for the worst possible reasons. This will be a disaster for America’s national interests.

For better or worse, Mike Pompeo will be confirmed as the 70th Secretary of State by the end of this week.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

The woman who lost the 2016 election is apparently not going to go away.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

Soon visitors to the White House will be able to see Donald Trump’s “yuge” election win on display for all to see.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.

While you were celebrating Christmas, Israel was blasting the Obama Administration and cozying up to the incoming Trump Administration.

While hardly the most compelling argument against an archaic institution, yesterday’s silliness was noteworthy.

Neither President Obama nor Vice-President Biden will attend Fidel Castro’s funeral.

Donald Trump claims he won an Electoral College landslide. This is a bald-faced lie.

Team of Rivals?

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

In a call to supporters, Hillary Clinton blames her loss on F.B.I. Director James Comey

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

Seven days from now, millions of Americans will be headed to the polls. So far at least, Hillary Clinton is still the front runner.

For now at least, it looks as though last week’s email news is having little impact on the state of the race for President.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden is on a Clinton campaign short list for Secretary of State.

Has any major party nominee for president ever damaged his reputation in this manner?

Damon Linker writes, “Millions of people disagree with your political views. That doesn’t make them moral monsters.”

The United States and Russia have reached an agreement to end fighting in Syria, but it seems unlikely to succeed given that it doesn’t involve the parties actually doing the fighting.

Not surprisingly, Latino voters are heavily turned off by Donald Trump and seemingly quite eager to vote against him in the fall.

Another day, another round of irresponsible demagoguery from Donald Trump.

It’s still early in the cycle, but Donald Trump’s poll numbers are already historically bad.

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

Closer to making history.

Donald Trump would be a horrible president. That doesn’t justify Hillary Clinton’s bad acts.

A bad day for the Clinton campaign.

A first look at the Electoral College paints a very grim picture for Donald Trump and the GOP.

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

Answering a question that gets a lot.

With time running out, the top three candidates for the Republican nomination picked up right where they left off last week.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have won the endorsement of the Des Moines Register, but it’s unclear how much this will help their respective campaigns.

Another hopeful step forward, thanks to diplomacy.

Good news for Jason Rezaian and four other Americans, and another example of how diplomacy can help resolve disputes that seemed irresolvable.

Ten American sailors detained by Iranian forces late Tuesday were released early today, something that seems to clearly demonstrate the value of diplomacy.

We will have a two party system for the foreseeable future.

Representatives from 195 nations reached an agreement supposedly devoted to addressing global climate change, but it’s really more hype than anything else.

Ted Cruz surges to a lead in the latest Iowa poll, setting up a seemingly inevitable showdown between the Texas Senator and Donald Trump.