Outside the Beltway

Congress is defying the President on Iran, Ukraine, the slush fund, and more.

Better than expected jobs report amid other less positive news.

The longest government “shutdown” in history has no end in sight.

Nothing like a war of choice to send indicators in the wrong direction.

USA! USA! USA!

This’ll help those approval numbers…

The fixes people want won’t help and those that will help, people don’t want.

Qui bono?

In the interests of full disclosure.

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.