Outside the Beltway

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabby Giffords, is running for Senate in Arizona against Martha McSally.

The right has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time focusing on relatively powerless Members of Congress.

Congressional negotiators have reportedly reached a budget deal, but it’s not clear if the President will agree to it.

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

The self-appointed Acting President of Venezuela has said he doesn’t rule out the idea of American intervention in his country, but we should rule it out immediately.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 race on Sunday.

Negotiations to avert another shutdown appear to have stalled over the weekend with just four days left to go before funding runs out.

And a reminder about how little the current POTUS understands.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest entrant into an already crowded field for the Democratic nomination.

A new poll shows that Virginians don’t necessarily believe their state leaders need to step aside in the wake of recent scandals.

A death penalty case from Alabama raises First Amendment issues that the Supreme Court chose to brush aside.

In a replay of last week, Virginia’s top Democrats are calling on a state official to resign. This time, though, it’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax.

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

Another Friday, another political mess for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

After a week of scandal and chaos in Virginia politics, there’s no sign that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is going anywhere, and there’s very little that can be done to force him out of office.

The publisher of the National Enquirer is learning that it may have been a mistake to go to war against Jeff Bezos.

Late last night, the Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana abortion law from going into effect, the first significant abortion rights ruling since Justice Kavanaugh took the bench.

It’s reasonable and just to adjust our outrage based on the context of the time when incidents occurred.

The Virginia political dumpster fire has brought in a Republican this time.

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

The cases of Ralph Northam and Mark Herring raise a question of when, if ever, something we did in the past should follow us for the rest of our lives.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

A man somehow got elected governor without being very good at politics.

All three of the elected state officials in Virginia are under some kind of cloud, and nobody seems to know what’s going to happen next.

The date and location of the next summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un have been set, but it’s hard to see what can really be accomplished.

All three of the Commonwealth’s statewide elected officers are the subject of scandal.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has rejoined the Republican Party, leading many to wonder if he’s considering a challenge to President Trump in 2020.

Lindsey Graham is telling his fellow Republicans that they better back the President if he decides to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall.

Most Americans oppose the idea of the President using a “national emergency” to get funding for his border wall. Will that matter to him?

The Northam situation shows the rigidity of separation of powers systems.

A new poll shows most Americans oppose President Trump’s border wall and support more liberal immigration laws.

President Trump’s detailed schedules reveal a man who doesn’t seem to spend a lot of time actually working.

Virgnia’s governor has to resign. But not because of some 35-year-old photos.

A reading recommendation.

There’s a good reason why Democrats want Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to get out of the way sooner rather than later.

More than any recent President, Donald Trump displays a tremendous amount ignorance about the world. Even worse is the fact that he seems proud of it.

Eugene Volokh asks, I provide my answer.

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

“You Know Nothing” Edition.

Bret Stephens on Howard Schultz

…there is only one plausible pathway to get there.

National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned the President against using a national emergency to fund his border wall.

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

As threatened late last year, the Trump Administration has withdrawn from the Intermediate=Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This is a mistake.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

Despite the government shutdown, employment growth in January was far above expectations.