Outside the Beltway

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

Wisconsin recently became the third state to criminalize revenge porn. Why is it still legal in the other 47?

A new poll finds that people in Illinois have an accurate assessment of politics in their state.

The string of victories for same-sex marriage continues as a Federal Judge rules that the Commonwealth of Kentucky must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

A man who viewed two photographs of a child abuse victim has been ordered to pay $3.4 million in damages.

Former Utah governor and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman succeeds Chuck Hagel.

About 1,000 same-sex couples married in Utah before the Supreme Court stay find themselves in an odd legal limbo.

For the time being at least, same-sex marriage is once again banned in Utah.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

A limited ruling out of Ohio with wide ranging implications.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

A Federal District Court Judge struck down part of Utah’s law against polygamy brought by the stars of TLC’s “Sister Wives.”

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

80 years ago, Prohibition ended. However, we are still making the same mistakes that were made from 1920 to 1933.

The GOP seems to be shifting strategy on the Affordable Care Act.

Accusations of blame are already being tossed around about why Republicans lost in Virginia, and they mirror a broader debate in the Republican Party nationally.

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Two Boy Scout leaders toppled a rock formation at Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park that dates to the Jurassic period.

Conservatives gathered on the National Mall today to protest the closure of memorials, but their message seems really intended for Republicans in Congress to not back down.

Ted Cruz is going after the Speaker of the House.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

Some Members of Congress are calling for a debate before any strikes on Syria. They’re absolutely right.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

Thanks to the Supreme Court, your DNA cannot be patented.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

Tax analyst Martin A. Sullivan finds that 1/3rd of “potentially political applications” approved by the IRS were from non-conservative groups.

Mitt Romney returns from the political graveyard.

Filling normal vacancies on the bench is not “packing the court.”

A McDonald’s hamburger has been in a man’s car trunk since 1999. It still looks and smells the same as the day he bought it, minus the pickle.