Outside the Beltway

The juxtaposition of two headlines at memeorandum is amusing.

Republicans have apparently gone insane.

More good news for Hillary Clinton, and a sign that the race for the Democratic nomination, to the extent there really is a race at this point, is close to being over.

Another day, another poll.

Two new Iowa polls show Ben Carson passing Donald Trump in the Hawkeye State, but that’s not necessarily good news for Republicans.

For much of the summer, the story of the Democratic race for President was the story of Hillary Clinton’s seemingly endless problems. Those days seem long gone if the latest polls are any indication.

A pair of new polls confirms that Republican hopes that Donald Trump would fade are failing to come true.

The plan to withdraw nearly all American forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016 is being put on hold.

An FCC rule from a bygone era may get Bernie Sanders and company some time on NBC.

The criteria for next month’s third Republican Presidential debate have been announced, and they’re likely to end up being bad news for several Republican candidates.

Time is running out for Joe Biden to make a decision about running for President, and it’s still not clear what he’ll do.

Even taking the fact that he is the Republican frontrunner into account, Donald Trump is getting a disproportionate amount of attention from the political media.

Hillary Clinton has a bit of a public image problem, but it’s not clear if that will hurt her politically.

Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.

Susan Crawford claims that “Cable-Only Presidential Debates are the New Poll Tax.”

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

Reports are circulating that the Obama Administration is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard, and many are seeing it as an effort to placate Israel in the wake of the Iran deal.

Did Hillary Clinton mishandle classified information while Secretary of State? Two Inspectors General want to find out.

The U.N. Security Council has approved the Iranian nuclear deal, and now the ball is in Congress’s court.

Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign isn’t going so well at the moment.

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

The NYT has left Ted Cruz’ new book off its bestseller list, despite it selling more copies than 18 of 20 titles on said list.

In the past month, the Chinese stock market has lost more than 1/3 of its value.

Chris Christie is in the race for the Republican nomination, but it’s tough to see how he has a plausible path to relevance.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal enters the Presidential race today, but it’s hard to see how he even manages to become a plausible candidate.

A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton remains largely unstoppable on her quest for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, and she has a pretty clear path to the White House as well.

Jeb Bush’s campaign launch seems to be going well so far, while Rand Paul and Ted Cruz (and Donald Trump) seem to be slipping.

Taylor Swift is taking a stand against Apple’s new streaming music service, and she’s largely right.

As early as tomorrow, the Supreme Court could issue its ruling in the latest Obamacare case. Depending on the ruling, Republicans could find themselves in a political firestorm.

It’s been obvious from the moment the news broke that the murders in Charleston were rooted in racism, but some Republicans have had trouble acknowledging that.

Pope Francis’s new encyclical isn’t exactly being received positively by American conservatives, because they seem to be missing the point.

In what seems to be a clear signal to Russia, the U.S. is considering pre-positioning military equipment in nation’s very close to Russian borders.

Jawbone is suing Fitbit for infringing a patent that should never have been granted.

The economy contracted in the first quarter of 2015, and that suggests the rest of the year isn’t going to be very good either.

Rand Paul is out with one of his more forceful attacks on Republican hawks to date.

A new Gallup poll puts support for same-sex marriage above 60% for the first time ever.

There’s a better way to finance news than hiding it behind paywalls.

Seymour Hersh is out with a conspiracy theory about the death of Osama bin Laden that just doesn’t make sense.

Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

Ben Carson is running for President.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the first three months of 2015, but it’s not clear what that means going forward.

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

A sharply divided Court heard argument today on an issue that has sharply divided the nation.

Pot, meet kettle.