Outside the Beltway

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.

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

It’s . . . complicated.

Also: calls for his resignation.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

Some New York Republicans are fighting for their constituents and against the GOP leadership.

Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

What’s more important, appearances or action?

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

They join DC and San Francisco.

Are they bored? Delusional?

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

A weird twist to the online leak story.

The Baretta actor and acquitted murderer is dead at 89.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

Facial recognition technology and its uses.