Outside the Beltway

A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.

Congressman Steve Stockman’s primary challenge of Senator John Cornyn could be a big deal, or, more likely, it could be a dud.

Some signs from Silicon Valley seem to indicate that the heady days of the 90s Tech Bubble are returning.

Preliminary data suggests that retailers who chose to open on Thanksgiving Day may have made the right business decision.

Another conflict between the Obama Administration and a news media that is frustrated about the extent they are being controlled by being refused access.

Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.

Guess what’s coming to the dinner table.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

A story that has turned into a partisan kickball and some bad journalism have resulted in a celebrated news program getting considerable egg on its face.

The margin in the Virginia Attorney General’s race is, quite literally, razor thin.

Charlie Crist, and his tan, want the Governor’s Mansion back.

Some interesting polls out of Virginia today, but McAuliffe is still the clear leader in this race.

Jofi Joseph was unmasked as the obnoxious @NatSecWonk and fired by the White House.

Bum Phillips, former head coach of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, has died aged 90.

Norman Geras, scholar and blogger extraordinaire, has passed.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

Here’s our debate over shutting down the government over Obamacare in a nutshell.

An agency has won the Nobel Peace Prize for something that hasn’t happened yet.

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.

One cannot support the shutdown tactic and then be outraged that part of the government is shutdown.

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

90 percent of DoD civilians will go back to work soon. What message does that send?

A tense afternoon on Capitol Hill.

With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.

Ted Cruz is going after the Speaker of the House.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

The communications chairman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County wished a horrible death on the children of Ted Cruz’ speechwriter.

Nobody has moved a piece yet, but the outcome of the Obamacare battle in the Senate seems foreordained.

Ted Cruz becomes a little more honest about his plan to “defund” Obamacare.

Who should qualify as a “journalist” for purposes of a “Shield Law?”

The award-winning political science group blog The Monkey Cage is moving under the masthead of the Washington Post:

Walter Russell Mead explains why a well intentioned, carefully crafted and consistently pursued grand strategy failed.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.

The military is cracking down on sexual assault. The pendulum may be swinging too far.

Hundreds are dead as Egypt’s military government crack down on supporters of the democratically elected government they ousted.

Cory Booker puts the kibosh on a persistent political rumor.

A husband and wife do unrelated, and perfectly innocent, Google searches, and get a visit from the FBI.