Outside the Beltway

The Clinton Foundation has disclosed that there were $26 million in donations that it had failed to disclose while Hillary was Secretary of State.

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

Rand Paul held the Senate floor for nearly twelve hours yesterday to talk about the PATRIOT Act, but it’s unclear if he accomplished anything.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

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

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

The first of what is likely to be many defamation suits related to Rolling Stone’s discredited campus rape story has been filed.

Not surprisingly, the House Committee re-investigating the Benghazi attack seems more concerned with scoring political points than fact-finding.

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

Ben Carson is running for President.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

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

Another poll shows that Republicans are largely out of step with public opinion on the question of whether businesses should be free to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

As oral argument in the Supreme Court gets closer, a new poll finds public support for same-sex marriage at it’s highest level yet.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now appealing to the worst aspects of economic populism on the right.

WaPo’s “Top Christie ally defects to Bush” buries the lede.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

A new poll suggests that the American public does not support laws that give religious exemptions to businesses that want to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

A review of Rolling Stone’s now discredited report of a sexual assault at the University of Virginia reveals a shocking failure of journalistic ethics.

Talks in Geneva have reached a framework agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program that, if it’s complied with, appears at first glance to be about the best deal available under the circumstances.

Jeb Bush is leading the latest poll of the 2016 Republican race and Ted Cruz has surged since he entered the race, but the race is just beginning.

We’re down to debating whether bigots should have to sell cakes to gay people.

A sad, complicated story.

The Republican frontrunner claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper.

The president is the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces. He’s not commander-in-chief of the United States.

Despite the ongoing email controversy, Hillary Clinton remains well positioned heading into 2016.

Hillary Clinton addressed the week-long email controversy, but her explanations only raised new questions.

The gang calling itself the Islamic State has destroyed another historical site.

Hillary Clinton’s use of email while Secretary of State pretty much violated every Federal law and regulation on the issue.

Do the nonprofit’s foreign donors create a conflict of interest?

The intrepid foreign correspondent and editor Arnaud de Borchgrave has died, aged 88, of cancer.

There’s no excuse for the former NBC anchor’s lies. But there are reasons.

Lest there be any doubt, Barbara Bush wouldn’t mind a third POTUS in the family.

The Kentucky Senator and medical doctor claims an undergraduate degree he doesn’t have.

A cease fire deal in Ukraine, but a long term settlement will require compromises from both Moscow and Kiev.

Can a country entry reap the benefits of the connected age while successfully tying down the Internet?

Pressure is building on the Administration to send military aid to Ukraine, but it would be a very bad idea.

The debate over whether kids need to be vaccinated against communicable diseases baffles me.