Outside the Beltway

The Federal Government has fired another shot in the ongoing war over so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Another lawsuit has been filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods over its policy barring gun sales based on age.

Witnesses say another student was “showing off his gun.”

An unspecified number of White House staffers unable to obtain security clearances are out, with several more likely to follow.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

The legal distinction between “personal capacity” and “official capacity” makes no sense for senior presidential appointees.

The inevitable response to announcements by the big box stores that they would not sell guns to those under 21 has arrived.

The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.

While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

Texas has an unusually named (and, well, unusual) candidate for the GOP nomination for governor.

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

The President jokingly praised his Chinese counterpart’s power grab at a fundraiser. But he seriously doesn’t understand the rule of law.

Responsible governance from the Golden State?

Both parties are up compared to 2014, but Democratic votes are way up.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.

Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

Will the NRA lobby to have these on America’s streets?

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

Ben Carson comes to his senses, but questions still remain about his family seeming to benefit from his position in government.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

Following yesterday’s move by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart has raised the age for all gun sales to 21.

The faculty would like to strip away a 20-year-old honor in light of several statements in violation of the institution’s core values.

57% of American adults, more than 80% of blacks, 75% of Hispanics, and nearly half of whites believe their President is racist.

The 29-year-old was one of President Trump’s most trusted aides but she had an impossible job.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Federal laws against marijuana use and possession.

Yet another top appointee is in the awkward position of having to defend himself from the Tweeter-in-Chief.

The Russia probe is focusing on the sequence of events surrounding hacked Clinton campaign and DNC emails.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

“All In The Family” predicted a policy proposal that President Trump and many other conservatives have made in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

Despite the activism we’ve seen in the wake of the school shooting in Florida, it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant Congressional action on guns.

You’d think after 13 months in the White House they’d start understanding that there are rules.

Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell “assault weapons” at any of its stores, and will limit the sale of any gun to people aged 21 and above.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.

As with any such discretionary power given to police, it will surely be abused. But the Parkland shooting was yet another in a long line of situations where obvious “red flags” were ignored until it was too late.

After yesterday’s oral argument, the Supreme Court seems poised to deal a major blow to public-sector unions.

Daniel Triesman offers an explanation as to “Why the poor don’t vote to soak the rich.”

Democrats appear to have regained momentum in the Generic Congressional Ballot.