Outside the Beltway

The sequestration cuts are two months old, and it seems pretty clear that the claims of doom we heard before they went into effect were heavily exaggerated.

The Virginia GOP’s nominee for Lt. Governor could pose a problem for the party.

The under-35 set are buying cars at a lower rate than they used to.

A government panel is recommending that the BAC limit for drunk driving be lowered nearly 40%.

The Senate moved last night to end the airport delays caused by furloughing air traffic controllers.

An American city was essentially shut down today. Was that the right thing to do?

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

Are we heading toward an era where a diagnosis of mental illness becomes an instrument for state oppression?

March’s Jobs Report was nothing to write home about.

Conveying military experience to civilian human resources departments is hard.

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

The Obama administration is promising massive cuts in public-facing services in the face of minuscule “cuts” to the budget.

Americans waste $121 billion a year because of traffic congestion.

A potentially significant ruling on Separation Of Powers.

The bizarre dynamics of Virginia politics.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

A mostly positive, but mixed, jobs report drops five days before Election Day

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.

The Mid-Atlantic region is under the gun.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

September’s BLS Report will likely be significant but, behind the numbers, things don’t look all that great.

Newly released statistics indicate that the economy is slowing down and in danger of slipping into a recession.

TSA agents detained a woman for having the audacity to drink her water rather than hand it over for testing.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

Entirely unsurprisingly, the shooting at the Family Research Center’s office in Washington, D.C. is already being politicized.

The combination of falling oil prices and increased exports has the US trade deficit at its lowest point since December 2010.

An object lesson in bureaucracy and the reason why infrastructure projects aren’t as easy to complete as some think.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.