Outside the Beltway

Confirming earlier rumors, Rick Perry announced that he’d be leaving his position as Secretary of Energy at the end of the year.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

The officer involved in the shooting death of a woman in Fort Worth, Texas has been charged with murder.

Another police shooting of an innocent African-American. This time in Fort Worth, Texas.

Two associates of President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani were arrested on their way out of the country, and the question is what connection Giuliani may have to the reasons behind their arrest.

She’s been fibbing about how she left a teaching job nearly half a century ago.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

SpaceX unveiled a model of the “starship” it would send to Mars but there’s still a lot of work to do.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

After an emotional sentencing hearing that included an extraordinary display of mercy and forgiveness from her victim’s family, former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of ,murder in the death of Botham Jean, an innocent man who was murdered for the “crime” of being in his own apartment.

Trump threatens civil war if he’s removed from office.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

President Trump is now admitting that he talked to the President of Ukraine about investigations of Joe Biden and his son but denies there was a quid pro quo.

The latest Des Moines Register poll puts Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at the top of the pack in the Hawkeye State.

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has hit the bottom of the barrel.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

The case of Roland Gramajo is an excellent example of what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s immigration policy.

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

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the latest politician to apologize for donning blackface while she was in college.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

Sean Spicer will appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Beto O’Rourke is once again rejecting the idea of running for Senate instead of President.

We won’t have Hickenlooper to kick around anymore.

Trump’s trip to El Paso in one photo and two videos.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

Just over a week after Dan Coats announced he was stepping own as Director of National Intelligence, there are more shakeups at the top of the U.S. intelligence community.

On a day that called for national unity and empathy, President Trump couldn’t help but revert to form.

A Republican State Legislator in Nebraska says things that other Republicans don’t have the courage to say.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

Republicans have come up with a new target to blame mass shootings on, “violent video games.”

Part 1

Less than twelve hours after the mass shooting in Texas, another one occurred overnight in Dayton, Ohio.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

Another post-debate poll shows little change in the race for the Democratic nomination.

President Trump has withdrawn his nominee for Director of National Intelligence after controversy regarding his qualifications and resume.

As was the case in June, the second night of the second Democratic debate was seen by more people than the first night.

Future debates among the 2020 Democratic candidates are likely to have fewer participants. That’s a good thing.

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

The House Democratic Caucus is becoming more divided on the issue of moving forward with impeachment.

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking to obtain the material presented to a Federal Grand Jury by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Dan Coats is stepping down as Director of National Intelligence, and President Trump wants to replace him with an inexperienced, obsequious toady.