Outside the Beltway

Two members of the House have tested positive.

“The Daily” on Covid-19 and Italy.

It’s time to end this thing.

Most federal workers are still packing themselves into offices.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

People who should know better are making ridiculous claims.

Is this our Rock Hudson moment?

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

The inevitable has happened.

The wagons have been circled.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

The longtime talking head is the latest poster boy for #MeToo. And mandatory retirement.

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

Because you needed one more thing to worry about.

It comports with the polling.

Only the best people.

Media overreacts to the Sanders victory all the polls predicted.

Our intelligence professionals are issuing a familiar warning.

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

An unprecedented spending blitz is upending the campaign.

The obsession over a singular winner ultimately makes no sense.

The caucus tallies are so riddled with errors that the DNC is calling for a recount.

The media coverage continues on script.

The State of the Union is petulant.

It’s more embarrassing than we thought.

How Iowa works.

A podcast about podcasting

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

Huh. Someone might want to look into this.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

The paper of record endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

Dennis Prager makes me feel like we are living in the Upside Down.

Rules for covering the Senate trial highlight changes in how we get the news.

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Policies towards Iran and NK are both a mess.

More evidence that Trump really doesn’t know what he is doing. (Or just doesn’t care).

It’s been quite a year, and quite a decade.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.