Outside the Beltway

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

It took more than 24 hours but traffic is moving again.

Three dollars and change at the pump. The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

The idiocy continues.

A recurring farce that does real damage.

This is no way to run a railroad.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

His tantrum stopped checks over the weekend but Congress called his bluff.

First whining about losing, now whining about legislation. (And creating chaos along the way).

A very low-spoilers review.

Another sign of the dissent of the GOP into madness.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

More dominoes are falling. They won’t be the last.

A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.

Biden’s polling lead over Trump is historically stable.

A report outlining steps for re-opening the economy in the wake of COVID-19 has been leaked to the press.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

Some inchorent musings about a massive question.

It would be laughable, but the White House might be interested.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

Schools were going to be open today. They’re closing after parent pressure.

One weird trick for knowing if a given action will affect public opinion on Trump.

Two Federal Courts have blocked the Administration from diverting Defense Department funds to pay for the President’s border wall

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

A Federal Court has struck down the President’s diversion of funds for his border wall.

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

After a week of silence, Bernie Sanders campaign confirm that he had a heart attack earlier this week.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

Once again, a fight is set to brew over funding for the President’s border wall. Will he force another shutdown in an election year?

A startling statistic that hides a more comforting reality.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

A disturbing story that’s almost certainly not what it first appears.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

July’s Jobs Report was in line with expectations, but hardly indicative of a booming economy.

The Supreme Court handed the President a victory last night, ruling that the Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging his funding of the border wall did not have standing to challenge his diversion of Defense Department funds. This may only be a temporary victory, though.

The economy slowed somewhat during the second three months of 2019, but the economic recovery still looks strong as we head into the 122nd month of positive growth.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.