Outside the Beltway

Hong Kong voters send a strong message to Beijing, and the world.

The California Supreme Court has struck down a state law purporting to require a candidate for President to release their tax returns,

After months of anti-government protests, Hong Kong headed to the polls in record number.

Rich Lowry puts preferred outcomes over constitutional process.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

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

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.

Brexit seems like it’s inevitable at this point, and that could set in motion a series of events that would mean the end of the United Kingdom.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

The proof of a quid pro quo is coming from inside the President’s own Administration.

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

There’s far more good in technology than bad, but these days we seem to be far more focused on the bad right now.

After a close election, Benjamin Netanyahu has given up on his effort to form a government.

Rather than getting a final vote on his Brexit deal, Prime Minister Boris johnson suffered another defeat.

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

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

Republicans face a choice. Do they put their country first, or do they put their President first?

President Trump’s latest Syria move is coming under heavy criticism even from fellow Republicans.

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

President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.

A star NBA general manager may lose his job for expressing American values.

With the ongoing Ukraine scandal having an impact in Washington and Kyiv, the biggest winner is in Moscow.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

It’s been one year since Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen in public again. We are no closer to justice in his case than we were a year ago.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

More on rules and how they matter (plus issues of representation).

The real crime is what’s legal.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a huge and historic loss in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

But, our process to elect the president is highly flawed.

The details about President Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his potential 2020 rivals keep getting worse for the President.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

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,

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.

Can the media fairly parse the statements of those running against President ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’?

Boris Johnson suffers a setback in court in Scotland, including a specific finding that he misled Queen Elizabeth II when he sought her permission to suspend Parliament.

The House of Commons handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a huge loss yesterday, throwing the short-term future of Brexit into doubt.

Parliament returns for a short period tomorrow, but there’s little time for those who hope to stop Boris Johnson’s plans to force a hard Brexit.

For a change not by me.

The reaction to Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament to force a hard Brexit is mostly negative, but there appears to be little that can be done to stop it.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken a step that virtually guarantees that the United Kingdom will go ahead with a hard Brexit at the end of October.

Stories from sites like The Onion are routinely shared on social media and perceived as real news.

Is the left unwittingly fueling a reactionary moment?

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

Protests in Hong Kong have been going on for nine weeks now, but they are reaching a point where the patience of the leaders in Beijing is being tested.

Under the Trump Administration, the American commitment to human rights around the world is basically dead.

The Trump Administration has effectively declared economic warfare against the government of Nicolas Maduro. It won’t succeed, and will further victimize the already suffering Venezuelan people.

While Democrats debated among themselves about health care plans that will likely never become law, Republicans were pushing forward with judicial confirmations.

Thanks to a ruling by the Puerto Rican Supreme Court, the island Commonwealth has its third Governor in less than a week.