Outside the Beltway

The nine-year-old ‘Army Strong’ ad campaign is ended.

Pope Francis’s new encyclical isn’t exactly being received positively by American conservatives, because they seem to be missing the point.

Surely it’s time to put a woman on American currency again, but why go after Alexander Hamilton?

Nine people died overnight in a shooting at an historic African-American Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Whether Republicans are ready or not, Donald Trump is coming.

We live in a random and chaotic universe.

A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.

In what seems to be a clear signal to Russia, the U.S. is considering pre-positioning military equipment in nation’s very close to Russian borders.

Hillary Clinton opened a new phase in her campaign for President yesterday with a speech in New York City.

A Federal Appeals Court In Washington has ruled that the military tribunal convictions of one group of Guantanamo Bay detainees was unconstitutional.

A new North Carolina law allows government employees to decline to perform their jobs by claiming it violates their “religious liberty.”

So much for freedom of speech.

In a setback for the gun rights movement, the Supreme Court has let stand a San Francisco law that places tough restrictions on handgun ownership.

The highest court in New York state has ruled that an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child can be admitted to practice law.

Being required to demonstrate competency in liberal arts to teach is racially discriminatory, a federal judge has ruled.

Most Americans think that income inequality is a problem, but they don’t all agree on what to do about it.

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.

Hillary Clinton is taking a hit in the polls, but it’s unclear if that’s going to matter when 2016 rolls around.

Rand Paul Is at a distinct disadvantage compared to his fellow Republican candidates for President.

The agency that runs Washington D.C.’s mass transit has banned all political ads after Pamela Gellar attempted to run an advertisement featuring a drawing of Mohammed.

Hillary Clinton remains as much the inevitable Democratic nominee as she always has been.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Don’t believe everything you read in the papers.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

Martin O’Malley is running for President for some reason.

Donald Trump is probably just messing around with all of us again, but he’s certainly acting like someone who’s running for President.

The race for the Republican nomination is as tight as ever, and so far nobody seems to be emerging as a clear front-runner.

Several of the top representatives of soccer’s governing body have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York.

Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.

A Cleveland police officer has been acquitted of manslaughter and other charges in a case that resulted in the death of two African-American individuals.

The first batch of email from Hillary Clinton regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi have been released, and they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

The Clinton Foundation has disclosed that there were $26 million in donations that it had failed to disclose while Hillary was Secretary of State.

Robert Gates, the former Defense Secretary who now serves as head of the Boy Scouts Of America, has called for an end to that organizations ban on gay Scout Leaders.

What if they held a straw poll and nobody came?

Thwarted by the legislature, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal used his executive power to take action that seems directed more toward evangelicals in Iowa than anything happening in his home state.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.

A Second Amendment victory in the District of Columbia,