Outside the Beltway

Bill Cosby heads back to court for a retrial on the sexual assault allegations against him but it’s not going to be the same as the first.

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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.

Even with yesterday’s indictments, President Trump still won’t acknowledge reality even though it’s staring him in the face.

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

Three U.S. cities are suing the Federal Government over the failure to properly report military convictions to the national gun background check database.

The Justice Department appears to be on the verge of charging Russian government officials in connection with election-related hacking.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

A legal setback for Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

Authorities are being second-guessed over their handling of Saturday’s protests. Virginia gun laws are the more obvious problem.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

A hung jury in the Cosby sexual assault case results in a mistrial.

The National Weather Service didn’t want to confuse the public by changing the forecast at the last minute.

Part Two in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan. This post examines several ideas advanced by conservatives, and the reasons they aren’t complete answers to the problems we face.

Repeal and replace is likely to take longer than many Republicans thought it would, but that shouldn’t be surprising.

A long-standing staple of American culture will soon be no more.

The Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates for only the second time in a decade, but it still seems like it’s chasing an inflation monster that doesn’t exist.

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

A look at the Electoral College shows that It is far more likely that Hillary Clinton will win the election than that Donald Trump will.