Outside the Beltway

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

Party leaders are treating an electoral defeat as inevitable.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

And Biden approval down.

Hillary Clinton edition.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

American exceptionalism at its worst. (Plus some history!).

An amusing incident highlights how far we’ve fallen.

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

A novel but flawed legal argument.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

He has nominated only 304 people out 1,200+ that require Senate confirmation.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

Bill Clinton’s strategist thinks his party needs a wake-up call.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

An interesting but uneven debate.

49 percent of Americans lean Democratic, compared to 40 for Republicans. Yet a plurality identify as Independent.

The seemingly unremarkable event hadn’t happened in four decades.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

The 97-year-old former Senator and Presidential candidate is ill.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

President Biden told a little fib.

Who watches the watch, man?

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

My latest for Defense One.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Women in national security circles love this woman.

Maybe it’s not going to be Michèle Flournoy after all.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

Joe Biden’s chances remain extraordinarily good.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

Is Trump really an outlier?

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

An uncharacteristic misstep by a seasoned pro.

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?