Outside the Beltway

A fresh choice provides room for movement.

Stuck in the semi-public stage.

Because I really do have too many open.

“Dr. Ruth” is gone at 96.

There’s something for everyone in the post-debate surveys.

Democrats desperate for a different nominee are falling in line as the President refuses to go.

Sounds dramatic, but not very convincing.

Too little, too late.

Too much deference to the president, but the trial will continue.

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

Reggie Jackson and playing baseball in the Deep South.

He may be under-estimating.

Political grandstanding over dubious claims of privilege.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

Will the first President convicted of crimes be the first convicted felon re-elected as President?

Faux amateurism is dead. What replaces it remains to be seen.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

The Israeli government has no plan. Its defense minister does.

It’s been around for a very long time.

Americans are concerned about very different things.

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

A massive change to the business environment — if it survives judicial scrutiny.

It was the least they could do.

Gotta clear ’em all!

The GOP caught the car and now doesn’t know what to do.

Some of these have been piling up for a while.

Who could have seen this coming?

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

Data from the early primaries

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

The problem that won’t go away.

Stories I’m reading but unlikely to write about.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and MAGA.

Shockingly, both “incumbents” are going to win their party’s 2024 nominations.

A kerfuffle is brewing over the way the United States fights hunger in the global south.

A small but positive step.

They’ve punted to the DC Circuit.

A Pyrrhic victory in one of many cases against America’s mayor.

Vermin Supreme and Paperboy Love Prince have as good a chance as Vivek Ramaswamy.

A television icon is gone at 101.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.