Outside the Beltway

The Trump Administration appears to think that the Budget Deficit and National Debt aren’t a big deal because we can just grow our way out of the problem. This is highly unlikely to happen.

Preliminary figures indicate that voter turnout in the 2018 midterms was higher than it has been for any midterm election in fifty-two years.

Faced with the probability of losses today, President Trump is already getting ready to blame everyone but himself.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has no intention of running for President in 2020.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.

New Generic Congressional Ballot polls have good news for Democrats.

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

An initiative that would have purported to split California into three separate states has been barred by the California Supreme Court from appearing on the November ballot.

The Trump Administration’s new legal position on coverage for people with pre-existing conditions could pose political problems in the fall.

A new study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was much higher than previously reported.

When a President lies with the ease and regularity of Donald Trump, it’s the responsibility of all of us to call it what it is and not hide behind weasel words like “misleading.”

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.

We’re set to return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits, and Republicans won’t do a thing about it.

A top basketball prospect is skipping the farcical year in college before turning pro.

Democrats appear to have regained momentum in the Generic Congressional Ballot.

The Tea Party is dead, but it was never really alive to begin with.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

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

The Jobs Market bounces back in October, but the numbers are far from impressive.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election pays off big time.

The capital of the purported caliphate declared by ISIS has apparently fallen, but that doesn’t mean the end of ISIS. In fact, it may make the group more dangerous.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

After starting the year with two good months, the jobs report for March was quite disappointing.

For only the third time since the Great Recession ended, the Federal Reserve Board has raised interest rates.

The Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news yesterday to House Republicans on their replacement for Obamacare.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

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.

Defying the odds and the polls, Donald Trump triumphed over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.

And the winner is……

With just one day to go, Clinton’s paths to victory continue to look far more realistic than Donald Trump’s.

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.

Seven days from now, millions of Americans will be headed to the polls. So far at least, Hillary Clinton is still the front runner.

Two weeks before Election Day, everything seems to be going Hillary Clinton’s way.

With twenty-one days to go until Election Day, things are looking very good for Hillary Clinton.

As we head into the second Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looks to be in very good shape.

With five weeks to go, the momentum in the race is moving decidedly in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

With just hours before the first debate, and six weeks until Election Day, the race for President remains tight.

An unsurprising decision from the Federal Reserve.

With just forty-nine days left in the campaign, and less than a week before the first debate, the race for President is tighter than ever.

The election is now fifty-six days away and, while the race is tighter than it has been, it’s still one in which Hillary Clinton has seemingly all the advantages.

It’s the traditional start of the campaign season, and the race for President is getting close, at least at the national level.

With ten weeks to go ,there’s been some tightening in the polls but Hillary Clinton continues to maintain a commanding lead in the race for the White House.