Outside the Beltway

The longtime Fox News host has re-emerged at an unusual spot.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

The media coverage continues on script.

A legendary newsman has passed.

With the House of Representatives just days away from impeaching President Trump, polling shows that public opinion on the issue has not changed much since October.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.

The stage for the sixth Democratic debate in December is likely to be much smaller.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

While not subject to filibuster, it’s still subject to Presidential veto.

New polling seems to indicate that President Trump is losing support among an important part of his base.

As Washington heads into the final days of a budget shutdown, Republicans find themselves on the losing end of a public relations battle.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

At least for the moment, the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be helping Republicans rally their base for November. The question is whether it will last after the fight is over.

The #MeToo movement brings down the head of a Fortune 500 company.

New polling shows that the ground looks fertile for Democrats in the fall.

It’s more complicated than one might think.

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

Support for gun control spiked in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting but it appears to be returning to more normal levels, and that’s bad news for gun control advocates.

We may about to see a wave of teacher strikes.

Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes will host a program loosely based on “Firing Line” starting in April.

One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

R.I.P., Caped Crusader

Another television icon has passed away.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

The success of the Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’ appears to be helping to save Alexander Hamilton’s place on the $10 bill. Andrew Jackson, meanwhile, looks likely to be booted from the $20 bill.

Everyone is sick of the current approach. The candidates are looking for a new one.

The worst-moderated debate thus far may have reordered the field.

Obama’s first Secretary of State has come out against Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership.

Susan Crawford claims that “Cable-Only Presidential Debates are the New Poll Tax.”