Outside the Beltway

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

Nine months after what seemed like the end of his political career, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has mounted a comeback,

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

In the least surprising news of Election Night, Republican Tate Reeves pulled off a win in overwhelmingly Republican Mississippi.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

We shouldn’t need bad arguments to sell good policies.

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

Once again, a fight is set to brew over funding for the President’s border wall. Will he force another shutdown in an election year?

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

Senators Warren and Sanders have both proposed plans to forgive student loan debt and make public colleges tuition-free. That’s easier said than done.

The participants for the two-night opening debate of the 2020 campaign season have been announced, and the candidates who were excluded aren’t happy.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

Former Vice-President Biden has come under fire for his longtime support for the Hyde Amendment.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

There’s only one solution to the D.C. statehood issue. It’s called retrocession.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

The Senate passed a bill that keeps the government funded through the beginning of February, but fails to provide any funding for the President’s border wall.

On the way out the door, Scott Walker signed a bill to take powers away from his successor (and demonstrated a lack of understanding of Venn diagrams).

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor contends that a recent change in tax law unravels the basis for the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

Florida voters in the Republican and Democratic parties have set up a Gubernatorial race that provides a stark choice on the table for Sunshine State voters in a race that will likely have national implications moving forward.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

There are good arguments as to why progressive Senators should vote against his confirmation. Let’s stick to those.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot force employees to pay membership fees.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a Trump Administration Order that purported to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

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.

We may about to see a wave of teacher strikes.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.