Outside the Beltway

A breaking of the social contract.

The administration’s war on higher ed has escalated.

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

It is too soon to tell.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

Just when you thought America couldn’t get any greater.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

It’s looking less likely that the GOP will be able to gain control of the Senate.

During the just concluded election season, eleven self-funded candidates spent a total of $ 286 million trying to win elections. Only two of them actually won.

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.

Politicians are, by definition, a bit abnormal. However, this year we seem to have more than our fair share of the truly odd.