Outside the Beltway

The nation’s only competitive Governor’s this year appears to be going in favor of the Democratic candidate.

The Supreme Court appears split on the question of whether or not partisan Gerrymandering is unconstitutional.

A sign of hope that Alabama voters could end up rejecting the far-right theocratic politics of Roy Moore? Possibly.

While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

Another poll shows the vast majority of Americans want Congress to act to help the people covered by DACA.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

The ‘No Labels’ movement is back, and it’s as irrelevant to contemporary politics as ever.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Early on the morning of Sept. 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov helped to prevent the outbreak of nuclear war.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer poked fun at himself on last night’s Emmy broadcast, and the political pundits are all in pearl-clutching mode because of it.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

Arguments advanced by those advocating a bill that would prevent Americans from participating in a boycott of Israel would not violate the First Amendment appear to be without merit.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere were gambling when they lined up behind Donald Trump. So far, they’ve lost.

Perhaps it’s time to consider getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

A stupid comment about Hurricane Harvey cost a Florida professor his job.

A key step in the Colombian peace process.

John Kelly has only been White House Chief of Staff for a month, but it’s already apparent that he isn’t likely to last very long in that position.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky that ‘just happened’ to coincide with last month’s eclipse is being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.

The new GDP growth estimate shows healthy economic growth in the second quarter, but it’s unclear if it can be sustained.

Contrary to reports, Secretary of Defense Mattis is not defying the President on his order to bar transgender Americans from serving in the military.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

New reports of Trump’s business ties to Russia are raising eyebrows.

Donald Trump’s Secretary of State is refusing to defend his response to the violence in Charlottesville.

President Trump’s attempts to interfere in the administration of justice go beyond the Russia investigation.

A race for the Virginia House of Delegates straight out of a civics book.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

Donald Trump gave a campaign-style speech in Phoenix last night and reminded us of everything that’s wrong with him.

Solace emboldens and helps to mainstream.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

Facts are stubborn things.

A new report indicates that Trump campaign officials were seeking contact with Russian officials earlier than we thought.

Authorities are being second-guessed over their handling of Saturday’s protests. Virginia gun laws are the more obvious problem.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

My apologies to Bob Dreyfuss and Rolling Stone.

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama