Outside the Beltway

With less than two days to go, the prospects for Congress finding a way to prevent a government shutdown aren’t looking good.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

A group of 21 states has filed a petition to review the F.C.C.’s recent net neutrality rule changes, but it faces an uncertain future.

Former White House and Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

With only days to go, Congress seems unable to come up with either a funding deal for the Federal Government or a solution to the DACA issue.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving the question of whether online and out-of-state businesses can be required to collect sales taxes in states with which they have no connection.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

That “Romney for Senate” campaign seems pretty much inevitable.

Some thoughts about why the president’s remarks on immigration are so problematic.

Fortunately, yesterday’s missile alert in Hawaii was a false alarm. However, it is raising questions about the early warning system that’s in place and the state’s preparedness in case of an actual attack.

Support for Trump’s comments are very telling.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

America’s closest allies sent a strong signal that they do not agree with President Trump on the nuclear deal with Iran.

The numbers aren’t looking good for Republican prospects in this year’s midterm elections.

The Supreme Court heard argument yesterday in an important case dealing with the circumstances under which voters can be purged from the voting rolls.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

A Federal Judge has put a hold on the impending end of the DACA program.

Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

If you can’t beat a dead horse on a blog, where can you?

Knowing what you don’t know is important.

Donald Trumps’ tweets are the public statements of the President of the United States. This makes them noteworthy and often important.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Republican David Yancy was declared the winner of a disputed election, giving the GOP a slim one-seat majority in the state’s House of Delegates.

Contrary to expectations, jobs growth in December was relatively modest.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

Who needs a First Amendment when you have lawyers willing to write threatening letters?

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

Donald Trump’s irrational tweets are once again focused on the leader of North Korea.

After forty years in the Senate, Orrin Hatch announced that he will not seek re-election this year, thus opening the door for Mitt Romney to succeed him.

POTUS decided to start the New Year by insulting Pakistan over Twitter.

Anti-government protests are spreading in Iran.

Attempts to pre-pay property taxes lead to confusion and frustration.

Roy Moore continues to think that he is special.

Roy Moore isn’t giving up, but he can’t stop the inevitable.

Three U.S. cities are suing the Federal Government over the failure to properly report military convictions to the national gun background check database.

The battle for control of the Virginia House of Delegates remains up in the air as both sides continue to dispute the outcome in one district.

An increasing number of businesses are refusing to accept cash as payment, that raises some interesting social and legal issues.

Late yesterday, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling striking down the latest version of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

Fixing long term shifts in manufacturing isn’t easy.

A Judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the President based on two provisions of the Constitution that had never been ruled on before.

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