Outside the Beltway

Even Republicans are balking at some Trump policies.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

The administration does not appear interested in deferring to the courts.

A unanimous Supreme Court has ordered the administration to comply with a lower court order.

What could possibly go wrong?

The people who safeguard our nuclear weapons and put out forest fires have been fired.

The culture seems to be shifting.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

Hitting back at centibillionaires is hard.

Yet another plot twist in Campaign 2024.

A regional pilot program could be expanding.

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Virginia’s governor is finding running a state harder than running a venture capitalist firm.

Some interesting tidbits.

It’s great for the well-off but increasingly problematic for the larger economy.

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

New CDC guidelines acknowledge the political realities.

A truly insane proposition.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

Vermin Supreme and Paperboy Love Prince have as good a chance as Vivek Ramaswamy.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

A mere technicality?

There’s an inherent tension in public education.

He’s getting what he wants.

When something simple isn’t so simple.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

We’re in uncharted waters.

Are they bored? Delusional?

DC has radically expanded its electorate.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The popular former Republican governor of Maryland has correctly assessed his chances.

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

The market for competent centrists.

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

“Cooking with gas” could become a thing of the past. But it probably won’t.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Waaaay too little, waaay too late.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

A MAGA challenger has already emerged for 2024.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

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

Republicans have died at a far higher rate than Democrats.

It goes deeper than base names.