Outside the Beltway

Alex Jones is finally being called on to answer for his irresponsible lying about events like the Sandy Hook shooting.

As we approach the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support same-sex marriage.

Some good news from North Korea.

Eleven states plus DC, who have 172 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a President, are now part of the compact.

The incident involving Paul Ryan and the House Chaplain has raised some questions.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

Mitt Romney stumbled in his bid to become Utah’s next Senator but he’s still likely to win the nomination anyway.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

The parents of two of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing Alex Jones for falsely accusing them of lying about the deaths of their children.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

Another Federal Court loss for gun rights activists challenging state laws banning “assault weapons.”

Mitt Romney staked out a position on DACA that is to the right of the President, and to the right of a majority of Utah voters.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

This isn’t your ordinary windy day.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

NRO’s David French offers “A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider.”

To the surprise of nobody, Mitt Romney entered the race to succeed Orrin Hatch in the Senate. He’ll probably win.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. And, yes, he’s running.

A longstanding claim—that I myself believed to be true—is that spending money on preventative care like regular checkups would save money in the long run by catching health issues before they become acute. The evidence does not support this.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.

A group of 21 states has filed a petition to review the F.C.C.’s recent net neutrality rule changes, but it faces an uncertain future.

That “Romney for Senate” campaign seems pretty much inevitable.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

House and Senate Republicans say they have reached agreement on a final tax bill, and Democrats are engaging in an effort to delay a vote in the Senate until Doug Jones can be seated.

In what amounts to an electoral perfect storm, Democratic nominee Doug Jones pulled off a win last night in the Alabama Senate Election.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

A new poll shows that a record majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support legalization of marijuana.

The District of Columbia has decided not to risk an appeal of a lower court ruling striking down its restrictive concealed-carry law.

Former N.F.L. player, and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez suffered from a severe case of C.T.E. at the time of his death according to a post-mortem brain study.

For the second time this year, there are rumors that Mitt Romney could run for Senator from Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

As expected, a group of Democratic states is suing the Trump Administration over the decision to end the DACA program.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.

The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a Colorado baker in a case that will determine if claims of religious liberty and free expression outweigh the application of generally applicable laws against discrimination.