Outside the Beltway

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

Ring Lardner said he would “rather write for the New Yorker at five cents a word than for Cosmopolitan at one dollar a word.” A century later, he’d be lucky to get those rates.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

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.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

New polls show increased support for various gun control measures, including limitations on so-called “assault weapons,” but that doesn’t mean we’re likely to see Congressional action on the subject.

Dodge is facing controversy this morning for using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Super Bowl commercial, but they’re not the only party who may have some questions to answer.

To nobody’s surprise, a blue state returns to its roots.

A tepid December jobs report tops off a tepid year.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

The September Jobs Report continues to show an economy that is growing to some degree, but hardly growing as fast as it should be.

The minimum wage has been a big part of this year’s election cycle, mainly due to Bernie Sander’s campaign and his idea of a national minimum wage. There has been lots of discussion of this, but most of it is just, well, bad. There are really two things that one can point to as to why wages above the market wage can be good.

There’s nothing compasssionate about protectionism.

Well that took long enough.

The Supreme Court won’t hear the appeal of a pharmacist who objects to providing the ‘morning after’ pill.

Bernie Sanders admitted, finally, that he likely won’t be the nominee.

A purported ‘short list’ of potential running mates for Hillary Clinton is out. Here’s how the candidates stack up.

Hillary Clinton easily won the final contest of the 2016 primary season, and the Clinton-Sanders reconciliation dance began.

Another big night for Hillary Clinton, and more bad news for Bernie Sanders.

With voters in five states set to go to the polls, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to make significant progress toward their quest for a majority of delegates in their respective contests.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case challenging the President’s deportation relief plan, but it’s unlikely we’ll see a ruling on the merits.

Just days before a high stakes primary in New York, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over familiar themes in their latest debate.

Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sander last night in South Carolina, pushing the race further down the path that leads to an inevitable outcome.

Last night’s debate in Wisconsin was arguably the most substantive we’ve seen so far between the Republican candidates, and one that displayed quite starkly the policy differences between them.

Republican Matt Bevin picked up what comes as a surprise win to many observers, and that sets up a big fight over what had been a PPACA program that the White House has touted.

Low costs and regulatory barriers are attracting people to red states–thus turning them purple and blue.

Hillary Clinton opened a new phase in her campaign for President yesterday with a speech in New York City.

Most Americans think that income inequality is a problem, but they don’t all agree on what to do about it.

A minimum wage for thee, but not for me.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

Republicans could learn a few things from the Tory victory in the recent British elections, but they are in danger of drawing the wrong conclusions.

Once again, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren says she isn’t running for President, and has no plans to do so.

The labor laws apply no matter what business you’re in.

Tuesday’s Republican wave didn’t change the fundamentals.

Increasing the minimum wage proved to be popular at the ballot box Tuesday, unsurprisingly, However, it did not help Democrats on the same ballot.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

Your tax dollars, not at work.

Later today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order barring Federal Contractors from discrimination based on sexual orientation. But that’s not even the most controversial part for some conservatives.

A US-EU free trade zone is a no-brainer. But the devil is in the details.

Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.

The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.

Hillary Clinton does not come across well when she tries to play the empathy card.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.