Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump is engaging in another round of baseless and bizarre conspiracy theories about alleged voter fraud.

Democratic pickups in several state legislatures could impact redistricting after the 2020 Census.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders hints that he’s thinking of running for President in 2020.

She’s quite likely the youngest 4-star general in the U.S. Army, if not the U.S. military.

Yesterday’s test of the Presidential Alert system went about as planned.

Is the reopened investigation of Brett Kavanaugh a real investigation of the charges made against him by three separate women, or is it a political sham? It’s beginning to look much more like the latter than the former.

Voter turnout in primary elections in 2018 was significantly above normal levels. especially in Democratic races.

As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, most people are listening to orders to evacuate, but some people aren’t.

A Federal Court has ruled that North Carolina can use its current Congressional District map for this year’s midterms notwithstanding a ruling that it is an impermissible gerrymander.

For the second time this year, a three-judge panel of Federal Judges has struck down North Carolina’s Congressional District map. The immediate question is what impact, if any, this will have on November’s election.

The Republican Party’s nominee for Senator in Virginia really is as bad as you’ve heard, probably worse.

Paul Laxalt, the former Nevada Senator who was one of President Reagan’s closest confidantes outside the White House, has died at 96.

Notwithstanding his dismissive public rhetoric about the former Vice-President, Donald Trump apparently sees Joe Biden as his biggest potential threat in 2020.

Republicans will hold their 2020 National Convention in the same city that hosted the Democrats back in 2012.

The Supreme Court term began with hopes that the Justices would shake up the redistricting process with rulings against partisan gerrymandering. It has ended with three whimpers.

The Supreme Court avoided ruling on the merits of two partisan gerrymandering cases, but the issue will be back before them sooner rather than later.

A federal trial court has ruled the practice an unconstitutional infringement on suffrage.

A 9-0 ruling side-stepped the broader issue of to what extent purely political considerations may be applied.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

After the Ronny Jackson disaster, President Trump has made a new selection for Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Republicans are trying to fight back against efforts to limit their ability to gerrymander Congressional and State Legislative Districts. It’s a fight they deserve to lose.

Ohio voters have approved a referendum designed to reform the manner in which district lines are drawn.

Republican chances to hold the Senate were boosted in West Virginia last night thanks to the fact that a fringe candidate was soundly defeated.

After hastily removing the House Chaplain under unclear circumstances, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has reversed himself.

Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but it’s unlikely to go anywhere beyond that.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case alleging that Texas’s Congressional and state legislative districts were drawn with the intent to discriminate based on race.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.

The long-time public radio host has died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

The ‘permanent record’ of yesteryear is now real. Should there be limitations?

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the second partisan gerrymandering case of the term, and once again they appear to be divided.

Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.

The near-impossible happened last night, demonstrating why March Madness is the most exciting and most absurd way to pick a champion.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

Despite mounting evidence and outrageous behavior, Republicans nationwide and on Capitol Hill continue to do the Administration’s dirty work. They’ll most likely live to regret it.

Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.

For a guy who considers the Russia investigation “Fake News,” President Trump sure is doing a lot to try to stop it.

House Republicans passed their tax reform bill. That was the easy part.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.

And even moreso when they are consciously created by the winner.

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.