Outside the Beltway

The next shoe has dropped on the case against Bashar al-Assad for the use of chemical weapons.

Who should qualify as a “journalist” for purposes of a “Shield Law?”

The Defense Department may have found the money to furlough its civilian workers fewer than 11 days.

Colonel Bud Day, who earned a Medal of Honor leading Vietnam POWs, had died, aged 88 years.

Lindy Boggs, the Louisiana Congresswoman best known to many of us as Cookie Roberts’ mom, has died at the ripe old age of 97.

The blowback from yesterday’s revelations about U.S. surveillance on European allies continues.

First Quarter economic growth was weaker than originally estimated. What that means for the future is unclear.

The very definition of a miscarriage of justice.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

Outrage over leaks like those that Edward Snowden makes doesn’t exist when its politicians doing the leaking.

Not only do we not know the whole story of the NSA data mining operation, key details of what thought we knew are wrong.

Several top Administration officials have secret email addresses, the Associated Press reports.

Eric Holder’s testimony before Congress is leading to accusations of perjury, but the argument that he did so seem pretty weak.

Should bloggers be treated the same as “journalists” for the purpose of the protections granted by media shield laws?

The Obama Administration’s aggressive pursuit of leaks is threatening freedom of the press.

So far, three weeks of bad news hasn’t really had much of an impact on the public’s view of how President Obama is handling his job.

The Moore, Oklahoma neighborhood as it was before the tornado.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

Just how serious was the leak that the Associated Press reported on last May?

President Obama faces some perilous times ahead now that his Administration is under fire.

Partisan targeting by the IRS should not be permitted to stand.

The United States is currently negotiating for a U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan after 2014, but they’re not sharing their plans with the American people.

Pfizer will soon start selling Viagra direct to customers online. Given how much Viagra spam OTB has gotten over the years, I assumed it has always been available online.