Outside the Beltway

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

Two polls find that most Americans support letting DACA beneficiaries to stay in the United States. Will that help move Congress to act?

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

President Trump is threatening to end a program that has benefited at least 750,000 innocent people.

Vice-President Gingrich? Really?

Marco Rubio changes his mind, and drops the first hint that he’s already thinking about the Presidential race in 2020 or 2024.

Marco Rubio may be running for re-election to the Senate after all.

Several top Republicans have already said that they would not accept a position on a ticket with Donald Trump, so who might he choose?

For better or worse, Republicans seem to be resigning themselves to the inevitable.

Two more Republican Governors endorse Donald Trump.

Jeb Bush’s campaign has been in a rough patch for several weeks at least, and now he’s lost three top fundraisers.

Don’t say “climate change” or “global warming” if you work for Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection.

Nearly three years to the day after it started, the George Zimmerman case is essentially over.

For the fourth time in three years, a Federal Court has ruled that Florida’s law requiring drug tests for welfare recipients is unconstitutional.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

Republicans performed better among Latino voters this year than they did in 2012, but that doesn’t mean they’ve solved their problems.

The Republican wave extended even to Governor’s races that, in any other year, they should have lost.

Early numbers seem to suggest that it depends on which state you’re looking at.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

Does one Special Election in Florida tells us anything about nationwide trends? Probably not.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

Charlie Crist, and his tan, want the Governor’s Mansion back.

George Zimmerman was acquitted on all charges by a Florida jury late Saturday night.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

We should want more voters, not less, if we actually value representaitve democracy.

It’s time to let the legal system do its job.