Outside the Beltway

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

Another provocative move by North Korea.

South Korea has elected a new President who breaks with his impeached predecessor in favoring dialogue with the North.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

The president’s skinny budget would eliminate most funding for science and the arts to fund more Defense spending.

Senate Democrats are divided on how to approach the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, making it likely that he’ll be confirmed.

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

The Supreme Court has decided to return the case involving a transgender student’s right to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity to the Fourth Circuit rather than deciding it during this term.

A new head for the DNC at a time when the Democratic Party finds itself reeling and eager to take on Donald Trump.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

By the end of last night’s oral argument, at least two of the three judges hearing the appeal of the stay on the President’s Muslim travel ban appeared to be skeptical of the Federal Government’s arguments.

With a relatively smooth announcement, Donald Trump has named a solid and qualified conservative who will likely be confirmed to the nation’s highest court.

Debunked!

So what’s wrong with the Whitelash Backlash thesis?  Not everything, actually.  But plenty.

Mike Pence’s night at the theater included a message from the cast. Good for them.

In which I use a lot of words to say hello.

With Donald Trump on the ballot, Bill Maher regrets some past words. He shouldn’t be the only one.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Federal law and the rights of transgender students.

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

Early indications are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other older Justices don’t plan on leaving any time soon.

It just keeps getting worse.

A Federal Judge in North Dakota has struck down that state’s Voter ID Law, the fourth such decision in less than a month.

Hillary Clinton appears to be doing very well in the wake of the first round of post-convention polls.

The one with the better convention seems to have lost ground over the last two weeks.

Hillary Clinton delvers a largely successful acceptance speech that caps off a convention that ran far smoother than its Republican counterpart.

Well that took long enough.

A new poll suggests that the decision not to bring charges related to her use of a private email server will likely have only a minimal impact on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Depending on the outcome of the election, the Supreme Court’s just concluded term will most likely be remembered as the point at which the Court’s rightward tilt that began at the end of the Warren Court Era came to an end.

Turkey has issued a formal apology to Russia over the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had briefly strayed into Turkish airspace.

Clarence Thomas is the latest Supreme Court Justice to be the subject of retirement rumors. You should treat these rumors skeptically.

A new poll shows that public opinion about Donald Trump is at the lowest point its been since he entered the race. That bodes poorly for Trump, and for the the political party that has chosen to nominate him for President.

Oklahoma’s Republican legislature passed a clearly unconstitutional bill outlawing abortion in the state.

With voters in five states set to go to the polls, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to make significant progress toward their quest for a majority of delegates in their respective contests.

Hillary Clinton scored another big win in New York last night, putting her closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, and causing Bernie Sanders’ campaign to make even less sense.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case challenging the President’s deportation relief plan, but it’s unlikely we’ll see a ruling on the merits.

Just days before a high stakes primary in New York, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over familiar themes in their latest debate.

A new poll finds that Donald Trump is really, really disliked by voters, but it’s unclear how much that will matter going forward.

Bernie Sanders pulled off another win, but it puts him no closer to having a realistic chance of winning the nomination.

As expected, Hillary Clinton won big last night while Bernie Sanders largely floundered, thus going further toward making Clinton’s victory inevitable.

Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sander last night in South Carolina, pushing the race further down the path that leads to an inevitable outcome.

Two new polls show that Americans are basically split equally on the question of who should appoint the Justice that will replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

One week before the South Carolina Primary, the remaining Republican candidates for President clashed in a headed debate.

Despite media narratives to the contrary, I do not see this as a truly competitive contest.

Hillary Clinton eked out the narrowest of wins in Iowa, but now she’s headed to New Hampshire where Bernie Sanders holds a seemingly insurmountable lead in the polls.

We’re in another Presidential election cycle so it must be time to speculate about Michael Bloomberg again.