Outside the Beltway

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead over his rivals for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

Forget high language about constitutional prerogatives. This is about parties and elections.

America’s leading motivational speaker and self-help guru is coming under fire.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has informed Congress that he will not comply with a subpoena seeking the President’s tax returns, meaning that we’re headed for a court battle.

Gone are ‘climate change’ and ‘skeptic.’ In are ‘global heating’ and ‘denier.’

I’m not sure his solution is correct or even legal. But the problem is very real.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

A new GAO report finds that HUD Secretary Ben Carson broke the law when he ordered a $31,000 table for his office.

Happy Friday.

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

The President unveiled some incoherent ideas yesterday that have no chance of becoming law.

Taiwan has become the first nation in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

We already know enough to impeach.

Not surprisingly, Chelsea Manning is headed back to jail for her refusal to answer questions before a Federal Grand Jury investigating Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

The President’s trade policies stand to benefit a lot of other countries, just not the United States.

Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

Northern Virginia is slowly undoing an anachronism.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

A new poll shows President Trump trailing several of his potential challenger in a state that was crucial to his victory in 2016.

As it has in so many other areas, the right has sacrificed it’s previously held beliefs on international trade to feckless obedience toward President Trump.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking an extension on her promise to leave office at the same time that the political future of her Conservative Party becomes increasingly doubtful.

Setting aside poking a little fun, this number of candidates is just not sustainable.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

One of the last of the Navajo Code Talkers, who provided the U.S. military with an unbreakable code in the fight against Japan in World War Two, has died at the age of 97.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

The Trump Administration is proposing another round of tariffs on even more Chinese goods.

There are better ways to use surplus Pell funds.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

The White House claims to want to talk to Iran but the President’s actions make clear that negotiation is the furthest thing from his mind.

Two youngish Rhodes Scholars turned mayors are getting covered differently.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

It’s that time again.

Disturbing news in the Eddie Gallagher case.

94-year-old Bill Dawson has a story to tell and is the only one left alive to tell it.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.

More good news for Joe Biden, this time out of South Carolina.

President Trump’s foreign policy has largely been a failure, and there are specific reasons why.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Que Sera, Sera

Despite similar paths to the Supreme Court, it turns out the two don’t share the same style and approach.

A longstanding legal question may finally come to a head.

So far Joe Biden has run a gaffe-free campaign. But how long can it last?

The real answer probably isn’t far off from the parody.

With his attempt to overthrow the government clearly a failure, Juan Guaidó is back to calling for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

Right now, polling indicates that the American public is reluctant to support impeachment of the President but it’s possible that could change.

The university has bowed to student pressure.