Outside the Beltway

Most Americans are choosing to live a normal life in abnormal times.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

With choices like these it’s easy to understand why people take plea deals

DC’s NFL franchise finally has a new name.

People failing to treat emergencies as emergencies make matters worse.

Friday will mark a new era in mail delivery.

The actor known for his roles on “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” is gone at 54.

A new story archetype is all too common.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

At least 50 million doses of the AstraZeneca are sitting in American facilities unused.

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.

A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.

Wrongheaded thinking about the pandemic won’t go away.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

Kamala Harris didn’t fail because of her race, she failed because she was a bad candidate.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent the weekend in the hospital over concerns about a possible infection.

After a promising start, Kamala Harris’s campaign appears to be in crisis mode.

Kamala Harris’s Presidential race continues to his bumpy roads.

Facing a cash crunch, Kamala Harris is shedding campaign staff and cutting spending. This seldom ends well.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

A new poll has a majority of respondents saying the President is a racist. He won’t care.

The President unleashed another racist attack, this time on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings.

A great public intellectual, pioneering blogger, and all-around good man is gone.

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans oppose statehood for the District of Columbia.

With hours to go before they were set to start. the President delayed the mass deportation raids that were supposed to begin this morning.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

This is my shocked face.

There’s only one solution to the D.C. statehood issue. It’s called retrocession.

The best Relief Pitcher in Major League history has been unanimously inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.

Jobs Growth in November was healthy but fell short of expectations.

A decade after being bailed out by the Federal government, the giant automaker is slashing jobs.

In what seems like another effort at a cover-up, the Vatican vetoed a plan by American Bishops to address the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.

Part III is here (a lot sooner than Part II was).

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has suspended football coach Urban Meyer for three games over his handling of allegations of domestic violence by an Assistant Coach dating back to 2015.