Outside the Beltway

A new poll shows Pete Buttigieg surging in Iowa, where the Caucuses are 92 days away.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

The newest entrant is outperforming most rivals but is intensely disliked.

A new poll seems to indicate that Democratic voters aren’t exactly jumping on the Mike Bloomberg train.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

A big win for ranked-choice voting in the Big Apple as voters approve a referendum that will bring ranked-choice voting to the nation’s most populous city.

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

Smugglers are getting over and through Trump’s border wall with material you can buy at your local Home Depot.

Elizabeth Warren’s fellow Democrats aren’t so thrilled with her ‘Medidare For All’ plan.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

Kamala Harris’s Presidential race continues to his bumpy roads.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

Facing a cash crunch, Kamala Harris is shedding campaign staff and cutting spending. This seldom ends well.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

The GOP’s efforts to defend the President are becoming more desperate and pathetic by the day.

The first round of polls after last week’s debate has good news for the former Vice-President.

After coming under fire for a decision designed primarily to benefit himself and his family, President Trump has decided to walk back the decision to hold the next G-7 Summit at one of his properties.

A Federal Court has struck down the President’s diversion of funds for his border wall.

Not surprisingly, AOC is getting behind Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination.

The White House is doubling down on its illegitimate stonewalling of valid Congressional document requests.

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

She’s been fibbing about how she left a teaching job nearly half a century ago.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

A very successful fundraising quarter for Senator Elizabeth Warren caps off a quarter that has seen her surge in the race for the 2020 nomination.

SpaceX unveiled a model of the “starship” it would send to Mars but there’s still a lot of work to do.

More information released last night confirmed the extent to which the United States was linking progress on its relationship with Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden and his son.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

Joe Biden reported a mostly successful fundraising quarter for the period that ended September 30th,

An unexpectedly big fundraising quarter for an unlikely candidate.

A Senate report alleges that the National Rifle Association allowed itself to become a Russian asset,

Kamala Harris has slipped in the polls but her financial numbers are still pretty respectable.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

Oops.

California, joined by 22 other states and jurisdictions, is suing to block the Administration’s efforts to revoke the state’s waiver to impose tougher clean air regulations.

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

Once again, a fight is set to brew over funding for the President’s border wall. Will he force another shutdown in an election year?

The latest Des Moines Register poll puts Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at the top of the pack in the Hawkeye State.

A wrongheaded solution for a legitimate problem.

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

President Trump has named his fourth National Security Adviser in less than three years.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward on impeachment. Sort of.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

Does it get much more swampy than this?