Outside the Beltway

Stories from the ongoing pandemic.

As the pandemic’s effects continue to worsen in Florida, DeSantis continues to play the worst kind of politics.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

Compared to what?

The College Republican National Committee Chairman elections shows the lessons taught by the national party.

More reminders that the pandemic is not over.

Public health shouldn’t be made into a partisan issue.

A lottery brings out the worst in a small town.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

A mind-boggling statistic.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

Injecting data into the conversation.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

The 2016 frontrunners at this stage won their nominations easily. But that’s often not the case.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

Mike Bloomberg isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s getting closer.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

An incident this week in Arkansas is just the latest example of a depressing and dangerous trend.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Congressional Budget Office assesses several reform proposals.

Stephanie Grisham, presently a top aide to First Lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House Press Secretary and Communications Director.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

Ballot measures across the country would deny access to those who refuse to release tax returns.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

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

The way we elect Presidents make it unlikely that a third-party candidate like Howard Schultz could ever actually win the the Presidency.

Former Senator and Denocratic Presidential candidate Jim Webb is reportedly being considered for Defense Secretary.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

Senator Mitch McConnell and others are blocking a criminal justice reform bill currently pending in the Senate.

Former Dallas police office Amber Guyger has been charged with murder in connection with the September shooting of Botham Jean in his own apartment.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

A state trial court Judge in New York rejected efforts by the Donald Trump to halt a lawsuit alleging charity fraud in connection with the operation of The Trump Foundation.

Scenes from the war on drugs.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

The State of Texas is arguing in Court that a school district can force a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

Voter turnout in primary elections in 2018 was significantly above normal levels. especially in Democratic races.