Outside the Beltway

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

A rare man and a rare milestone.

The times, they are a-changin’.

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

The silliness of “generations.”

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Because of course she is.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

A complicated case out of NYU.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

Academic performance has fallen to the lowest level in decades.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

An already awful system on steroids.

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was killed at a campaign rally. He was 67.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Calling it a “deal” is vastly over-selling it.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Tragedy has played out so often that it has become a statistic.