Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

Ohio Governor John Kasich looks good on paper, but his campaign seems as though it’s unlikely to get out of the starting gate.

Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign isn’t going so well at the moment.

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves for the anti-immigrant Frankenstein in their midst.

Republicans are finally starting to react to what Donald Trump has been saying.

Donald Trump has gotten almost nothing but negative press since entering the race for President, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting him very much just yet.

Chris Christie is in the race for the Republican nomination, but it’s tough to see how he has a plausible path to relevance.

When you’re being paid $65,000 to speak for less than an hour, you’re pretty much the poster child for privilege.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal enters the Presidential race today, but it’s hard to see how he even manages to become a plausible candidate.

A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton remains largely unstoppable on her quest for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, and she has a pretty clear path to the White House as well.

Jeb Bush’s campaign launch seems to be going well so far, while Rand Paul and Ted Cruz (and Donald Trump) seem to be slipping.

The murders in Charleston have revived a debate that should have been over a long time ago.

Brian Williams will apparently stay at NBC News notwithstanding last year’s scandal, but he won’t be anchoring the network’s marquee newscast.

We live in a random and chaotic universe.

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

Republicans running for President need to tread carefully in their responses if the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.

Some unusually blunt, but true, language from the U.S. Secretary Of Defense.

A new Gallup poll puts support for same-sex marriage above 60% for the first time ever.

South Carolina’s Senior Senator is set to be the latest entry into the race for the Republican nomination.

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.

Break out the sweater vests, Rick Santorum is getting ready to enter the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

Rand Paul has changed position on several foreign policy issues, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.

Some Republicans are trying to move their party in the right direction on marriage equality, but it’s unclear if they will succeed in the short term.

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

A sad, complicated story.

He’s back.

A brutal assessment of Chris Christie’s presidential chances.

Now that they control all of Congress, some Republicans are suddenly deciding that the filibuster should be repealed.

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who became a household name as Mr. Spock with the “Star Trek” television series and movies, has died at 83.

A new poll of 2016 primary voters shows that even Republicans are coming to accept that gays and lesbians should have the right to get married.

There’s no excuse for the former NBC anchor’s lies. But there are reasons.

Mitt Romney is set to make an announcement at 11 Eastern today. [UPDATE: He’s out!]

Reports indicate that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is likely to be charged with desertion for leaving his post in 2009, but he’s unlikely to serve time in prison.