Outside the Beltway

Good thing the world is a static, simple place…

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Political upheaval for an important Asian ally.

Three of the top four national security positions in Donald Trump’s Cabinet will be filled by retired Generals. This isn’t necessarily a good thing.

Another day, another EC fantasy,

I’m in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Duke’s Peter Feaver.

Donald Trump says he will ‘leave his business,’ but is providing very few details and continuing to leave the impression that he will enter office with more conflicts of interest than any previous President in American history.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

Trump backs away from yet another campaign promise.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. But that’s not the standard.

In a call to supporters, Hillary Clinton blames her loss on F.B.I. Director James Comey

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

With just one day to go, Clinton’s paths to victory continue to look far more realistic than Donald Trump’s.

Looking beyond FiveThirtyEight

Journalistic malpractice has real consequences.

Another month of resilient, but not noteworthy, jobs growth.

Depending on what state you live in, taking a picture of your ballot and yourself on Election Day may or may not be legal.

I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.

Seven days from now, millions of Americans will be headed to the polls. So far at least, Hillary Clinton is still the front runner.

Some musings on the RCP average and such.

Two weeks before Election Day, everything seems to be going Hillary Clinton’s way.

With twenty-one days to go until Election Day, things are looking very good for Hillary Clinton.

With just over three weeks before Election Day, efforts by top Republicans to disavow their party’s nominee are quite clearly too little, too late.

News outlets are suddenly finding out that Trump was a cad in 2005. Film at 11.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.

As we head into the second Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looks to be in very good shape.

Some early musings on a political fantasy that’s less implausible than it was 12 hours ago.

The September Jobs Report continues to show an economy that is growing to some degree, but hardly growing as fast as it should be.

With five weeks to go, the momentum in the race is moving decidedly in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

Donald Trump appears to be pushing voters from America’s fastest growing minority group into the Democratic camp.

America’s newspaper of records has published three pages of stolen tax documents from 1995.

With just hours before the first debate, and six weeks until Election Day, the race for President remains tight.

A golf legend passes away.

Once again, the debate commission controlled by the two major parties is excluding third-party candidates from the Presidential debates.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

Clinton stumbles and leaves an event early, leading to the news that her campaign has been withholding health information from the press.

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson doesn’t get much national press attention, and it doesn’t help when he flubs an answer like he did this morning.