Outside the Beltway

Some activists on the left are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. While that may be a great sound bite, it doesn’t really accomplish anything.

The arguments in favor of a permanent U.S./NATO base in Poland are not very convincing.

May’s jobs report was stronger than the previous two months, but not entirely great.

A new study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was much higher than previously reported.

Although he came in third place in the GOP primary, Don Blankenship is now running as a third-party candidate and could potentially be a problem for Republicans in November.

President Trump continues his unhinged, and unsupported by facts, war on Amazon and its owner Jeff Bezos by pressuring an independent agency to raise shipping rates.

Another school shooting, this time in Texas.

Don’t look for a Trump agenda for the rest of the year. It doesn’t exist.

Ebola is making a reappearance in Central Africa.. Will the world be better prepared this time?

Republican chances to hold the Senate were boosted in West Virginia last night thanks to the fact that a fringe candidate was soundly defeated.

Rudy Giuliani is basically now suggesting that his client would be willing to set off a Constitutional crisis that would make Watergate seem like a picnic.

National Republicans are increasingly concerned that an upstart, racist candidate who has unleashed personal attacks on Mitch McConnell’s family will sneak through and win tomorrow’s primary to decide who will face Joe Manchin in November.

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

Membership has its privileges.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

March’s Jobs Report fell far short of expectations.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

We don’t yet have enough information to assign blame here. Naturally, that’s not stopping anyone.

A better than expected jobs report for February, but wage growth slowed for the month.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

Poland’s new Holocaust legislation just keeps sounding worse and worse.

Yesterday’s Falcon Heavy Launch was a near-complete success and another amazing advance in the race to the stars.

The rise of ‘car sharing’ services has greatly benefitted consumers but had a devastating effect on taxi drivers.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

The first jobs report for 2018 beat expectation slightly, but the most positive signs came in the underlying data on wages.

A train carrying Republican Congressmen and Senators, and their families, was involved in a crash in western Virginia.

Contrary to expectations, jobs growth in December was relatively modest.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

The Jobs Market bounces back in October, but the numbers are far from impressive.

A very weak jobs report thanks mostly to the impact of two Category 5 hurricanes.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

Kurds in Iraq voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum, and the result is threatening to create a new conflict in the Middle East.

August’s Jobs Report came in below expectations.

Donald Trump’s Secretary of State is refusing to defend his response to the violence in Charlottesville.

They may both be Republicans, but the relationship between the President and the Senate Majority Leader is bad and seems to be getting worse.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

July’s jobs report beat expectations, but the underlying numbers aren’t entirely positive either.

Even members of his own party don’t trust Donald Trump enough to make it possible for him to make recess appointments.

In a short period of time, SpaceX has become a huge success, as has the commercial space launch industry.

The June Jobs Report was significantly better than what we saw in May but on the whole not different from what we’ve seen for the last three years or so.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

May’s Jobs Report was mediocre, suggesting that the economy may be stagnating.

The Jobs Report for April showed much-improved numbers from the disappointment in March.

The background of the United incident, from an aviation law and policy perspective.

After starting the year with two good months, the jobs report for March was quite disappointing.