Outside the Beltway

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

The fight for marijuana legalization advances in California.

A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.

Democrats will consider changing superdelegate rules, but not as much as Bernie Sanders would like.

Ted Cruz’s convention speech was about what you’d expect, a gamble designed to set up his campaign for President in 2020 or beyond.

Another big night for Hillary Clinton, and more bad news for Bernie Sanders.

Another round of victories puts Donald Trump another step closer to the Republican nomination.

To the surprise of no one, the alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich is already falling apart.

With voters in five states set to go to the polls, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to make significant progress toward their quest for a majority of delegates in their respective contests.

Hillary Clinton scored another big win in New York last night, putting her closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, and causing Bernie Sanders’ campaign to make even less sense.

As expected, Donald Trump scored a huge victory in his home state last night and now appears to be back on track to win the GOP nomination.

Ohio Governor John Kasich cannot win a majority of delegates at this point, but he’s still resisting calls to drop out of the race.

Looking at the delegate math, Donald Trump’s path to victory seems to be becoming clearer by the day.

So close, and yet so very, very, far.

For much of the summer, the story of the Democratic race for President was the story of Hillary Clinton’s seemingly endless problems. Those days seem long gone if the latest polls are any indication.

Bernie Sanders continues to cause Hillary Clinton problems, and Joe Biden could cause more if he enters the race.

The 2016 election will be fought on a very small battlefield, and right now the makeup of that battlefield heavily favors the Democrats.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders gaining traction outside of New Hampshire for the first time.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton, but within the margin of error, in New Hampshire. But a deeper examination suggests that Bernie-mentum is a mile wide and an inch deep.

Kimba Wood has finally found a teacher exam she likes.

The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.

Bernie Sanders is closing in the polls, but it still seems as though it doesn’t mean as much as some political pundits will try to tell you it does.

More Democrats are calling themselves “liberal” than they have in years. Republicans, too.

Lincoln Chafee began his bizarre run for the Presidency in the strangest way possible.

Hillary Clinton remains as much the inevitable Democratic nominee as she always has been.

Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.

The GOP race remains tight, but some candidates have benefited from their entry into the race more than others. Overall, though, Hillary Clinton continues to dominate.

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

A surprising change at the top of the military’s civilian chain of command.

Big victories for advocates of marijuana legalization.

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

A new poll finds that people in Illinois have an accurate assessment of politics in their state.

There are some signs that there may be room to strike a deal on the extension of unemployment benefits, but it’s likely to require some drama on Capitol Hill before it happens.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.

Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.

The Virginia Governor’s race may be slipping too far for Republicans to pull off a victory.