Outside the Beltway

If you want to volunteer for Donald Trump, you’ll have to agree to never disparage Trump, his family, his campaign, or any of his businesses. Forever.

In a ruling that could have a real impact on the 2016 election, the Supreme Court has declined to grant a stay to a lower court ruling striking down a North Carolina law that tightened Voter ID laws and restricted early voting.

After some two weeks in which it seemed like he might be moderating, Donald Trump doubled down on the most anti-immigrant portions of his immigration plan.

Comments from one Republican Senator are raising the possibility we could see hearings and a vote on Merrick Garland during the post-election lame duck session of Congress.

As expected, John McCain easily defeated his primary opponent yesterday.

As expected, Marco Rubio easily won the primary for his Senate seat. The General Election battle, though, promises to be more difficult.

With ten weeks to go ,there’s been some tightening in the polls but Hillary Clinton continues to maintain a commanding lead in the race for the White House.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

Sorry Donald Trump, but most Americans believe that people here illegally deserve a path to citizenship and oppose building a border wall.

Another sign of a weak economy as the Federal Reserve considers rate hikes and the Presidential campaign moves forward.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

Over the course of twenty-four hours, Donald Trump has had three separate positions on how he’d deal with illegal immigrants already in the country.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

A majority of her non-government visitors coincidentally donated to her nonprofit.

It’s eleven weeks — just 77 days — until Election Day, and things are looking pretty good for Hillary Clinton, and pretty bad for Donald Trump.

A report over the weekend raises questions about whether or not Donald Trump is changing positions on a central tenet of his campaign.

Early indications are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other older Justices don’t plan on leaving any time soon.

A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.

One speech isn’t going to make up for what we’ve seen so far.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.

GOP control of Indiana’s Senate seat appears to be in jeopardy, and that will have serious implications for the battle to control the Senate.

After weeks of bleeding, the Trump campaign is undergoing a shake up, but it’s unlikely to fix what’s really wrong.

America’s largest voting bloc is heavily turned off by Donald Trump, and that is posing long-term problems for Republicans in general.

Another poll confirms that Virginia is firmly in the pocket of Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump has spent more time recently attacking the news media than anything else. He ought to be condemned for it.

Not surprisingly, Latino voters are heavily turned off by Donald Trump and seemingly quite eager to vote against him in the fall.

Things aren’t pretty inside the House of Trump these days.

Another day, another round of irresponsible demagoguery from Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s path to 270 Electoral Votes is becoming less likely by the day.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

With Donald Trump floundering, there are a whole lot of nervous Republican Senators up for re-election.

A new poll shows Donald Trump barely winning in a state that should be solidly red.

President Obama’s ISIS policy has been far from perfect, but to call him a “Founder” of ISIS is to ignore both history and reality.

Republican hopes that Wisconsin might go Republican this year seem to be slipping away.

Allegations of influence peddling by Clinton Foundation donors are being rehashed thanks to the release of a new batch of emails.

Donald Trump’s support among African-Americans is at historic lows, and seems unlikely to recover.

It just keeps getting worse.

Did Donald Trump really suggest assassination as a political weapon, even as a joke? It sure sounds like it.

New polling from the states has good news for Hillary Clinton, and an even less plausible path to 270 for Donald Trump.

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,