Outside the Beltway

We won’t have a little-known Congressman from somewhereoranother to kick around any more.

Iran announced that it was exceeding another limitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, upping the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf

Kris Kobach, former Kansas Secretary of State and former head of President Trump’s “Voter Fraud” Commission, is running for Senator in Kansas.

Another court loss for Trump and his border wall.

Joe Biden recently said that he’d consider nominating Merrick Garland again if there were a Supreme Court vacancy while he was President. Don’t count on it.

While significantly more Americans disapprove of his job performance than approve, recovery is still possible.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is apparently planning to enter the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

Virginia has finally repealed a dumb and unconstitutional restriction on how bars could advertise Happy Hours.

Presidential v. parliamentary democracy, some basics.

Nearly half the country thinks he’s not a terrible President.

A law review article written when the former was a student provides an interesting contrast.

In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.

The Trump Administration has informed Federal District Court Judges in Maryland and New York that it intends to still try to justify putting a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

Kamala Harris lagged the top Democratic candidates in fundraising in the second quarter, but that’s likely to change.

Anchorage had record high temperatures yesterday.

We could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Christian doctrine actually has a lot to say that is of relevance to the border.

Not a new observation, but one that should not be forgotten.

Bernie Sanders is finding that the 2020 campaign is very different from 2016.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

A law professor reads too much into a cryptic concurrence.

It was a very successful fundraising quarter for the former Vice-President.

Ideas, not tanks.

Change isn’t likely.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

A convergence of OTB discussions.

The surging candidate seems to be trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

The Republican Party is ruining the country. But so are the Democrats?

A day after appearing to have conceded the issue, the Trump Administration says it is still looking for a way to include a citizenship question on the ballot.

The post-debate polling of the Democratic race continues to be somewhat chaotic, but it’s clear that Harris and Warren have made this a very different race than it was before the debates.

In the wake of an adverse Supreme Court ruling, the Trump Administration has decided not to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are up, and Bernie Sanders is down, in the first state-level poll since the debates.

The Trump Administration has officially conceded to the rule of law.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.

As expected, the House Ways & Means Committee is suing Treasury Secretary Mnuchin over his refusal to provide the committee with copies of the President’s tax returns.

Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter of the year, trailing fellow candidate Pete Buttigieg.

President Trump And the RNC raised a record amount in the second quarter of the year.

News outlets are hyping small swings in their surveys but the race is pretty much where it was when it began.

New polling suggests that the President may not be benefiting from the relatively healthy economy as much as expected.

Can the commander-in-chief’s tweets be unlawful command influence?

Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

Mayor Pete is raking in the dough.

POLITICO reports that some Democratic activists think she went too far.

The first Democratic debate has had an impact in the polls, with Kamala Harris rising and Joe Biden falling, although he still remains far ahead of his opponents.

A leading same-sex marriage advocate is pushing back on the trans movement.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met at the Demilitarized Zone for what amounts to their third summit in a year. As with the previous two, there was nothing of substance accomplished.

The job laid out by the Framers in Article II of the Constitution has expanded a mite.