Outside the Beltway

After months of demanding Republicans resist, he says “We have nothing to hide.”

Newly-Sworn-in-Rep. Grijalva provides the final signature.

A bit of good news.

Not so much.

Of course you realize this means war.

Have I ever noted the Congress is less responsive to the public than it should be?

Is it time for the Democrats to move to the center?

The GOP budget bill.

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

Don’t let the door . . .

It’s scheduled to start tomorrow.

Yet again, too little, too late.

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

“…but I didn’t vote for that.”

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

Taking a closer look at Cooper, Kelly, and Shapiro

A truly bizarre spectacle.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

It’s a relative thing.

The GOP caught the car and now doesn’t know what to do.

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

The longest serving Republican Leader is passing the torch.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

A breakdown of new survey data.

A shameful farce.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

The innumeracy hurts.

A race a Democrat will definitely win will be the most expensive in US history.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

It’s time for transparency on the Republican Leader’s health.

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

The 81-year-old Republican leader seems to still suffering from his fall.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

Either it’s a public forum or it’s not.

The stiffest punishment yet for a January 6 seditionist.

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

Some Democrats are angry!

How much ticket-splitting was there in gubernatorial v. senatorial races this cycle?

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

How much is enough?

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

A country music icon is gone at 90.