Outside the Beltway

Things will get radically worse if the shutdown doesn’t end soon.

Democrats are digging in.

Although it is still on life support.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

The standoff is in its 35th day.

Upcoming milestones that could force a deal.

The original KISS lead guitarist is gone at 74.

Can Democrats do anything?

One of the big ones has given up.

“A brazen attempt at political intimidation.”

Things are getting ugly in LA.

The Trump administration is trying to get a ruling on one issue while sidestepping the merits of the case.

Arresting Newark Mayor Baraka is clearly a signal.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

He filibustered nothing for a very long time.

A glaring example of trying to terrorize those the administration doesn’t like.

Only the best people.

There are a lot of people there.

Blue states might get some surprising help.

The high character picks keep coming.

He has to be, right?

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

A tentative agreement has been reached.

The actor known for “Good Times,” “Roots,” and “The West Wing” is gone at 84.

The basketball great and humanitarian is gone too soon.

Yet another plot twist in Campaign 2024.

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

Trump was in an emergency landing in 1990, just with another politician

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

Impeach the Justices! Pack the Court!

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

Faux amateurism is dead. What replaces it remains to be seen.

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

The rule of law is under seige.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

Republicans want him but do they really, really want him?

The anti-Trump attack dog is out of the race.

A poor answer to a softball question has created unnecessary controversy.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

The anti-Trump forces are rallying around the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.