Outside the Beltway

Independents don’t seek to shape party nominations.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

Several Democratic Attorneys General are threatening to sue the Trump Administration over the decision to end DACA, but their legal arguments appear to be especially weak.

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary won’t commit to putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

A Duke history professor uncovers “stealth plan” by “fifth columnists” who are seeking to overthrow democracy in the U.S. for their plutocrat masters.

More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.

Puerto Rican voters voted overwhelmingly for statehood yesterday in a referendum whose legitimacy is being questioned due to boycotts by opposition parties.

President Trump’s comments about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War reveal something about how he thinks, and it’s not good.

The Oakland Los Angeles Oakland Raiders are headed to Vegas, baby!

The failure of the AHCA shows that Donald Trump doesn’t know the slightest thing about leadership or how to be President.

The Supreme Court will now consider a case regarding whether or not a state can bar a former felon from accessing social media sites.

Members of Congress and the Senate are once again facing down angry constituents, but it’s unclear whether it will translate into anything substantial in 2018.

At Congressional town halls across the country, there are signs of what could turn into a movement that would cause real headaches for the GOP in future elections.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

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

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

The Veepstakes continues.

One of the greatest coaches of all time has passed.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.

A group of states led by Texas has filed a suit in response to new guidelines from the Federal Government regarding the rights of transgender students.

Another big night for Donald Trump puts him another step closer to being the presumptive GOP nominee.

They haven’t gotten much attention, but there are five contests today as the 2016 nomination process continues to move forward.

As expected, Hillary Clinton won big last night while Bernie Sanders largely floundered, thus going further toward making Clinton’s victory inevitable.

As expected, Donald Trump dominated Super Tuesday, putting himself one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee for President.

Changes that the Republican National Committee made to delegate allocation rules in response to what happened in 2012 are helping Donald Trump in 2016.

It’s Super Tuesday, and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to go a long way toward securing the nominations of their respective parties.

Donald Trump is positioned to do very well on Super Tuesday, while Ted Cruz should win his home state. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, seems to be struggling to maintain his relevance.

Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sander last night in South Carolina, pushing the race further down the path that leads to an inevitable outcome.

Hillary Clinton still has a massive lead in South Carolina, and in the Super Tuesday states that follow.

St. Louis will lose its second NFL team in 28 years as the Rams go home to LA.

In a new Gallup poll, Republicans say they want a “conservative” as their Presidential nominee, but they may regret what happens if they get the kind of hard-right conservative they seem to be thinking of.

Remarks by a Democratic politician in Virginia regarding the Administration’s Syrian refugee program have brought up disturbing reminders of a shameful time in American history.

Ben Carson displays incoherence and ignorance on foreign policy issues that disqualify him from being considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.

Thanks apparently in part to body camera footage, two police officers in Louisiana are facing murder charges in the shooting death of a child during a police chase.

A man with one of the more unique political and personal resumes in recent memory has passed away.

A new poll shows that the Tea Party movement is more unpopular than it has ever been before, even among Republicans and conservatives.

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

Another poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the Iranian nuclear deal, but the effort to defeat it in Congress is still likely to fail.

Tragedy in Tennessee.

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.