Outside the Beltway

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

Daylight Savings Time ends early on Sunday. Perhaps it should never return.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

Under 21 in New York City? No more smokes for you!

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

NSA Director General Keith Alexander really doesn’t like the idea of a free press.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

Until this weekend, Mario Cuomo had refused to watch The Godfather. He still isn’t being very fair to it.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

Would you trust the men and women in this building?

Cory Booker has not been quite as dominant in the New Jersey Special Election as many expected, but he’s still a virtual lock to win on Wednesday.

The argument that the Roberts Court has been overly “activist” does not hold up to examination.

A little noticed rule change in the House is arguably one of the main reasons we’re in a government shutdown crisis.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

Two states are creating a voting system that will make some people ineligible to vote in state and local elections.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

There seems to be at least some hope for a temporary deal in Washington to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, but don’t count your chickens just yet.

Republicans appear to be uniting behind a short-term plan to deal with the debt ceiling, but seem okay with keeping the government shutdown going forward.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

63% are angry at Republicans, 57% are angry at Democrats, and 53% are angry at President Obama.

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

Tom Clancy, author of dozens of bestselling military thriller novels, has died aged 66.

Day One of the Obamacare online “marketplaces” is proving to be a bit of a bumpy ride.

The GOP seems perfectly fine with risking a shutdown, even though polling shows they’d pay the biggest price for it.

Eleanor Clift reflects on her “final issue after 50 years at Newsweek.”

President Obama spoke with Iranian President Rouhani today, the first such contact between the nations in 34 years.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Exit, Sandman

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

Once dominant atop the smartphone market, Blackberry seems to be counting out the days until its demise.

Starbucks is kindly asking customers not to bring guns to their stores.

The world changed significantly twelve years ago today. Will it ever change back even a little bit?

A gun rights victory at the ballot box in Colorado.