Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

The talk show pioneer is gone at 88.

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

Apparently, ex post facto payments are cool.

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

It’s a relative thing.

The IRS has finally created a website to allow some people to do it for free.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

The Fed is expected to stall the economy to fight inflation.

How a hideous, diabolical, pestilential, God-abandoned hellhole became our 3rd largest state.

Hurricane Ian renews some perennial questions about recovering from natural disasters.

An unlikely source argues that it’s too big and poorly targeted.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

The real crime is what’s legal.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

The Paycheck Protection Program protected some interesting paychecks.

Athletes are getting bigger and stronger. Except those who aren’t.

This is no ordinary recession.

A law professor makes a bad argument in favor of a pet policy.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

The economy slowed somewhat during the second three months of 2019, but the economic recovery still looks strong as we head into the 122nd month of positive growth.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

It’s a lot harder than it looks.

Minutes after a Federal judge added 43 months to his sentence, New York state prosecutors unsealed an indictment that could yield another 7 years.

The Trump Administration either doesn’t realize the impact the shutdown is having on Federal workers who haven’t been paid in a month, or it doesn’t care.

Instead of staying in Washington, Congress should go on recess so Members of Congress and Senators can hear from the people how the shutdown is impacting them.

Federal employees deemed “essential” missed a paycheck yesterday in violation of US labor law.

President Trump is making clear that he doesn’t care how his shutdown is impacting Federal workers.

December’s Jobs Report blew past expectations to show more than 300,000 jobs created.

The longer the shutdown goes on, the wider its impact is likely to become.

New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.

Donald Trump’s longtime attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen apparently recorded a conversation where the two men discussed paying off a Playboy model who claims she had an affair with him.

A really weird detail buried in a New York Times story about President Trump’s efforts to get the Justice to retire.

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

Donald Trump spent much of the past year touting the rising stock market, now he’s getting a lesson in reality.

The final version of the tax bill appears to be on track for passage, but the devil is in the details.

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.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

The current temporary spending measure reached by Congress in September expires on Friday, and Republicans haven’t come up with a solution yet.