Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

A decades-long decline has ended.

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

The laying out of the case begins.

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Another grim—and substantially avoidable—milestone.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

And yet the state still extracted their pound of flesh

Anyone familiar with Betteridge’s law of headlines knows where this is going.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Is the creepy comic’s comeback complete?

Two April Fool’s Day orders are no joke. And they’re apparently causing confusion.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

Antiquated counting methods lead to misallocation of resources.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

The first shoe has dropped.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

Musings about US politics and culture.

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.

The infamous duo will have to do what they were already supposed to do for a year.

But from what? Comparing two stories from Tennessee that show our society’s contradictory impulses when it comes to “protecting the children.”

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Breaking News

Is a contribution after an election different from one during an election?

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

Let the browser be cleared!

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

The serendipitous day off may soon be a thing of the past.

The television star increasingly known for her longevity has passed days shy of her 100th birthday.

The 83-year-old Justice is playing a dangerous game.

Some stories of possible interest.

Assessing her actions in 2018 in light of 2020 and onward.

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.