Outside the Beltway

Tim Draper’s fantasy will finally get a vote this November.

The Federal Government is signing on to an effort by Texas and several other states to have the DACA program declared unlawful.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

It isn’t a primary and it is an illustration of how electoral rules affect behavior.

President Trump waded back into the National Anthem debate when he revoked the invitation of the Philadelphia Eagles to come to the White House today.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.

With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

The requirement that the President be a “natural born citizen” is a historical anachronism that has outlived its usefulness or necessity.

The Supreme Court has declined to accept yet another Second Amendment case for review, continuing a streak that goes back some eight years.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

The inventor of New Journalism has died of unknown causes.

Enforcing our immigration and drug laws comes at the cost of fundamental rights.

The DNC is backing centrist candidates in a bid to win traditionally Republican districts. Party activists are not happy about it.

Republicans are trying to fight back against efforts to limit their ability to gerrymander Congressional and State Legislative Districts. It’s a fight they deserve to lose.

Ohio voters have approved a referendum designed to reform the manner in which district lines are drawn.

Gina Haspel faced some tough questions from Democrats regarding her role in the C.I.A.’s post-9/11 torture programs, but she’s likely to be confirmed anyway.

A small group of Republican rebels in the House are attempting to push legislation protecting DACA beneficiaries to a floor vote. Unfortunately, they’re not likely to succeed.

Some good news from North Korea.

Eleven states plus DC, who have 172 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a President, are now part of the compact.

A new lawsuit seeks to have the 2012 DACA program declared unconstitutional.

Stormy Daniels is suing the President for defamation after he accused her of lying about a threat made to her seven years ago.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

It takes a whole lot of work to net small gains for underrepresented groups.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last night, Donald Trump took his show on the road where he continued his long-standing attacks on the press. Unfortunately, it’s a message that resonates with his supporters.

The House Intelligence Committee’s report is being touted as vindication by the Trump Administration and its supporters. It’s not.

A Federal Judge in California has placed the Stormy Daniels civil lawsuit against Donald Trump and Michael Cohen on hold due largely to the ongoing criminal investigation pending against Cohen.

Michael Cohen will invoke his rights under the Fifth Amendment in response to any questions asked in discovery in the civil suit filed against him by Stormy Daniels. That’s really the only option he has.

As expected, a Republican won the Special Election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, but it’s not a win Republicans should really be celebrating.

With just over six months to go before the 2018 elections, the storm clouds are starting to gather for the Republican Party.

The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Some Republicans are suggesting that Paul Ryan should be pushed out as Speaker before the November elections.

Mark Zuckerberg’s second day before Congress was somewhat more contentious than the first, but at the end of the day it’s still unclear that more regulation is the answer to the issues raised by recent Facebook “scandals.”

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

Paul Ryan won’t be running for re-election this year, opening up both a Congressional seat and a leadership spot.

Late last week, Hawaii became the seventh state and eighth major American jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide.

In a move apparently connected to the Stormy Daniels affair, Federal authorities have raided the office of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

Republicans are raising the fear of impeachment to motivate a base that could become disaffected heading into November.

President Trump’s call for National Guard troops isn’t going over well even with Republican Governors.

Yet more troubling news about the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.

He cooperated with the FBI. He was arrested by ICE.

Stephon Clark died after being shot eight times in the back and side by police in Sacramento. So far, the authorities haven’t acted.