Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump continues his war on freedom of the press and reporters who cover him critically by barring The Washington Post from covering campaign events.

An overnight shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left 20 people dead and at least 42 injured.

With the race for the Democratic nomination over, President Obama is ready to hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

With top Republicans recoiling from the realization that the GOP is stuck with Trump in 2016, the ground seems to be being prepared for a conflict that could tear the GOP apart regardless of who wins in November.

After initially expressing doubts about his candidacy, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has lined up behind Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is apparently having money troubles.

An EgyptAir jetliner with 66 on board disappeared from radar just before beginning its decent into Cairo.

With the field before him now clear, Donald Trump is now assured to win the Republican Presidential Nomination. After that, though, his plans don’t seem to make a lot of sense.

The rise of Trump and Sanders has resurrected a debate as old as Western civilization.

Paul Ryan is declining to back Donald Trump for the time being, but other Republicans are making their own choices.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

To the surprise of no one, the alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich is already falling apart.

The success of the Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’ appears to be helping to save Alexander Hamilton’s place on the $10 bill. Andrew Jackson, meanwhile, looks likely to be booted from the $20 bill.

The second place finisher in the Republican primaries is looking like the first loser.

Donald Trump is complaining about a ‘rigged’ delegate selection process, but the truth is that the fault lies with only one person, Donald Trump.

There are many aspects of the way delegates to the party convention are chosen that is “undemocratic,” but it’s unclear why this is a problem.

Bernie Sanders pulled off another win, but it puts him no closer to having a realistic chance of winning the nomination.

All of next season’s Thursday Night N.F.L. games will be streamed live for free via Twitter.

Donald Trump takes opposition to abortion to a new, extreme, level.

The 2016 Campaign just keeps getting weirder.

Bernie Sanders swept the Western Caucuses on Saturday, but Hillary Clinton remains in control in the delegate count.

A series of bomb attacks across Brussels has left at least 26 dead, and dozens more injured.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

Mitt Romney came out with a blistering speech denouncing Donald Trump, but it’s unlikely to have much of an impact on the race.

American Astronaut Scott Kelly is back home after a year in orbit.

Ever since last week’s debate, the race for the Republican nomination has come to resemble a schoolyard fight among a bunch of nine year-olds.

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

Donald Trump is trolling the depths of the Internet’s conspiracy dungeons once again. This time to raise the largely absurd argument that Marco Rubio may not be eligible to serve as President.

Two new polls show that Americans are basically split equally on the question of who should appoint the Justice that will replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

With Bernie Sanders likely to win New Hampshire tonight, Hillary Clinton is reportedly looking to reorganize her campaign.

Observations, questions, and some toastosity.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign and its supporters seem to be getting frustrated by the fact that younger women are seemingly more interested in her opponent than in her.

Donald Trump continues to lead, while Marco Rubio surges, in the first polls out of New Hampshire since the Iowa Caucuses.

Without Trump, the seventh Republican debate largely focused on Ted Cruz, who doesn’t seem to have done himself any favors. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will likely not pay any price at all for skipping the last pre-Iowa debate.

Last night’s Republican debate had a different feel with the absence of a certain bloviating narcissist.

Donald Trump takes his war with Fox News Channel up a notch, saying he won’t participate in Thursday’s Republican Presidential Debate.

You can either be a partisan or a moderator.

The flagship of the American right is leading the charge against Donald Trump, but it’s not likely to work.

Sarah Palin is back, and she’s endorsing Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for President.

David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer.

In response to questions from reporters, Donald Trump suggested that Ted Cruz’s Canadian birth could pose problems for the GOP if Cruz won the party’s nomination.

The North Koreans claim to have made a major advance in their nuclear weapons program, but there are many reasons to be skeptical.

The gun control regulations to be announced later today by President Obama later today amount to far less than the hype would lead you to believe.

Jim Webb’s recent criticism of Hillary Clinton is renewing speculation about an independent bid for the White House, but he hardly seems like a viable candidate for such a run.

Former President Clinton is set to hit the campaign trail for his wife in the New Year, and that could make things quite entertaining.