Outside the Beltway

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Another music superstar has passed away.

Another great loss for music in what has been a difficult year.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

For largely irrational reasons, French police are arresting women on the beach for wearing swimsuits that are compatible with their faith.

Despite being much more conveniently located for viewers in the United States, viewership for the just-concluded Olympics were the lowest they’ve been in sixteen years.

The latest desperation bid from anti-Trump Republicans is guaranteed to make a GOP civil war more likely.

Turkey’s government appears to have rebuffed a coup attempt, but questions remains about the stability of the government going forward.

A quick succession of events this morning means that Theresa May will become Britain’s Prime Minister far sooner than anticipated.

Regardless of the outcome of the Conservative Party’s leadership race, the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be a woman.

A third major ISIS-inspired or planned attack in three weeks.

One week after the Brexit vote, both the Conservative and Labour parties find themselves in chaos.

Given the consequences of a Brexit, one wonders why the referendum didn’t require more than just a simple majority to pass.

Many pundits are arguing that the victory for ‘Leave’ presages good news for Trump in November, but there’s no reason to believe that.

Is Scotland next?

A British political scientist lays out some of the political and institutional factors that will be relevant going forward.

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

The murder of Jo Cox, MP is looking more and more like a politically motivated assassination, and that’s causing some in Great Britain to look inward.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

Pfizer has become the latest drug maker from barring its products from being used in executions.

The walk backs begin.

One down. How many more to go?

All of next season’s Thursday Night N.F.L. games will be streamed live for free via Twitter.

A series of bomb attacks across Brussels has left at least 26 dead, and dozens more injured.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

Britons will go to the polls in June to decide the future of their country’s relationship with the rest of Europe.

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

St. Louis will lose its second NFL team in 28 years as the Rams go home to LA.

David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer.

Last night, SpaceX successfully launched a rocket to the edge of space, deployed cargo, and returned to Earth. A huge and potentially revolutionary accomplishment.

Some analysts are already suggesting that Russia’s two month old intervention in Syria is becoming a quagmire. That seems to be a premature judgment, but it’s not accomplishing much more than anything the West is doing.

Donald Trump’s plan to exclude Muslims from the United States is provoking condemnation, and confusion, around the world.

NATO is extending full membership to the tiny nation of Montenegro, and there doesn’t seem to be a good reason why they’re doing it.

The British Parliament has approved expansion of that countries airstrikes into Syria, but it’s unclear just how much of an impact that will have on the ground.

France’s President has spent the week trying to forge and agreement on an anti-ISIS policy, but the two nations that matter the most also disagree the most.

A new poll taken in the wake of the Paris attacks finds Americans increasingly fearful of ISIS attacks in the U.S., opposed to the admission of Syrian refugees, and not very confident in President Obama’s ability to deal with the ISIS threat.

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, some people have argued that American solidarity with France, in contrast to seeming disregard for tragedy elsewhere, is something we should feel bad about. That argument is ridiculous.

France’s President blames ISIS, vows response, as death toll from Paris terror attacks stands at at least 127.

In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

The Club For Growth has released two ads criticizing Donald Trump, so of course Trump is threatening to sue them.

Britain’s Labour Party has taken a hard tilt left with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader.