Outside the Beltway

In the wake of yesterday’s hearing, the House of Representatives is taking the inevitable next step.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

Kamala Harris, whose campaign has been floundering for months, is out of the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Former Congressman Joe Sestak (Who?) is ending his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

Andrew Yang is upset about the fact that he’s largely being ignored at the Democratic debates. He’s right, but that’s at least partly his fault.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

The Secretary of the Navy was abruptly dismissed late yesterday in a dispute over the a case involving a SEAL accused of war crimes.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

Blue & White Party Leader Benny Gantz was unable to form a new government, throwing Israel into another political crisis.

As the walls close in, the President is growing more agitated.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

South Dakota launched a new ad campaign to deal with its methamphetamine crisis. They missed the mark.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

Today begins another week of impeachment hearings by the House Intelligence Committee. By the time the smoke clears, the ground could have shifted significantly for the President.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how the President’s allies intimidated her out of her position, while the President intimidated her live on Twitter.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

One political scientist says yes. A bunch of others say wait, what?

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Caught in the middle of the Ukraine scandal, the President”s lawyer has gotten his own lawyers.

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

Juli Briskman gave Donald Trump a one-fingered salute in a photograph that went viral. Two years later, she won election in a district that includes Trump’s golf course.

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular suffered a big loss in the Kentucky Governor’s race.

In the least surprising news of Election Night, Republican Tate Reeves pulled off a win in overwhelmingly Republican Mississippi.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

Revisiting a recent post.

While the economy is likely to remain at its current levels for the next year, that probably won’t help Trump and the GOP much.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

Donald Trump is moving his permanent residence south, where he should be right at home.

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

With just days to go before the end of the month, the European Union has agreed to another Brexit extension. Before we get there, though, thee’s likely to be another General Election.

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is basically a non-entity in the race for the Democratic nomination, will not be running for re-election.