Outside the Beltway

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

He cooperated with the FBI. He was arrested by ICE.

Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Federal laws against marijuana use and possession.

Presidents are much more constrained in issuing and rolling back regulations than they or the public think.

Continuing a pattern that has gone on for eight years now, the Supreme Court has declined to hear another appeal regarding a Second Amendment challenge to state gun control laws.

NRO’s David French offers “A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider.”

Donald Trump is now claiming that he had never denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. This is, of course, not true.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

Donald Trump’s own lawyers are afraid he can’t help but lie to such an extent that he should not sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.

The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

A newly released poll has encouraging signs for Democrats in 2018, but there are several caveats.

Embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has dodged a bullet, but still faces uncertain prospects for reelection.

The prospects for a deal in Congress on DACA are starting to look grim.

With the Administration set to commit the United States to a forever war in Syria, it’s time for Congress to act.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

The numbers aren’t looking good for Republican prospects in this year’s midterm elections.

New reports indicate that the President is spending more and more time watching television and tweeting. That’s not what he was elected to do.

Republicans passed their tax bill yesterday. What that means for the economy and the 2018 midterms is another question.

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.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

The Supreme Court heard argument today in a case challenging a 1992 law barring sports gambling in all but a handful of states, and the Justices appeared skeptical of the law.

For a guy who considers the Russia investigation “Fake News,” President Trump sure is doing a lot to try to stop it.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear yet another Second Amendment case.

The woman who says Ray Moore assaulted her when she was just 14 spoke out this morning at the same time that the White House effectively endorsed Moore’s candidacy.

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

House Republicans passed their tax reform bill. That was the easy part.

New Jersey Senate Bob Menendez has temporarily dodged a bullet, but his ultimate fate is far from clear.

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

To nobody’s surprise, a blue state returns to its roots.

With less than forty-eight hours to go, the race for Virginia’s Governor is tighter than ever.

A month that was highlighted by the capture of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa ends with an apparent lone wolf ISIS-inspired attack in New York City

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

Another big change for the Boy Scouts.

The District of Columbia has decided not to risk an appeal of a lower court ruling striking down its restrictive concealed-carry law.

The nation’s only competitive Governor’s this year appears to be going in favor of the Democratic candidate.

Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.

While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

A Federal Appeals Court has declined to review a panel decision striking down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.