Outside the Beltway

Hillary Clinton hasn’t taken questions from reporters in three weeks. Because she doesn’t need the media as much as most other candidates.

Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.

The jobs market bounced back in April, but that’s about all we can say.

The political outlook in the United Kingdom is as uncertain as it has ever been.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

Mike Huckabee’s back, but the 2008 magic is gone.

It’s complicated. And probably not a scandal.

Two men were killed last night before they could carry out what appears to be a planned attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

U.S forces in Afghanistan have been involved in missions that go far beyond the counterterror mission the Obama Administration said they would be limited to.

It’s time for another White House Correspondent’s Dinner, and it’s going to be just as atrocious as the last one. But, the dinner isn’t the real problem.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

The former CIA Director received no jail time and a nuisance-level fine in exchange for a guilty plea to espionage charges.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing argue that his killer should be spared from the death penalty.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Democrats like New York Senator Chuck Schumer could end up being the ones that scuttle the Iranian nuclear deal.

Some Republicans are trying to move their party in the right direction on marriage equality, but it’s unclear if they will succeed in the short term.

The devil is in the details of what the legislature passes, but Indiana’s Governor has essentially conceded defeat in the battle over his state’s controversial new “religious freedom” law.

Trevor Noah will be the next host of The Daily Show. Who’s Trevor Noah? Exactly.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is getting ready to jump into the race for President, but he has an uphill fight ahead of him.

The Republican frontrunner claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper.

Modern Singapore’s founder passed away at age 91 earlier this week.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.

February’s jobs report came in stronger than analysts expected, but wage growth remains stubbornly stagnant.

Hillary Clinton’s use of email while Secretary of State pretty much violated every Federal law and regulation on the issue.

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who became a household name as Mr. Spock with the “Star Trek” television series and movies, has died at 83.

By inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress, Republicans are damaging the U.S. relationship with Israel.

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

Their editor and nine colleagues dead, their offices destroyed, the newspaper is not missing a beat.

David Petraeus provided highly classified secrets to his mistress. Will he be charged?

December’s jobs growth numbers were very good, but the numbers below the headlines show that there’s still work to be done.

A man best known, perhaps, for what he didn’t do, has passed away

The Commerce Department had a Christmas present for investors, businesses, and consumers today.

President Obama criticized Sony for backing down, and said that the U.S. would respond to North Korea’s cyber attack “at a place and time we choose,”

With major theater chains having pulled out, Sony bowed to the inevitable, but now there appears to be proof that a foreign power is behind the Sony hacking attacks and threats of violence.

Vice-President Cheney’s amoral defense of torture has come to define how most conservatives view the issue, and that’s a problem.

Sony is warning the press not to publish material leaked by hackers, but it doesn’t have much of a legal leg to stand on.

The Justice Department won’t force James Risen to testify in a legal investigation, but faces a new choice in a different case.