Outside the Beltway

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

Meet Matthew Peterson, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia who apparently doesn’t know much about trials.

The final version of the tax bill appears to be on track for passage, but the devil is in the details.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

Robert Guillaume, who starred in situation comedies in the 70s, 80s, and 90s such as “Soap,” “Benson,” and “Sports Night,” has died at the age of 89.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

Speaking about his cancer treatment for the first time, Senator John McCain paints a grim picture.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

Early on the morning of Sept. 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov helped to prevent the outbreak of nuclear war.

Once again, Congress is abdicating its Constitutional responsibilities.

It’s possible we haven’t heard the last from “Sheriff Joe.”

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

In a vote close enough to require the Vice-President to cast a tie-breaking vote, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on a health care bill even though nobody seems to know what bill they’ll ultimately be voting on.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

A new report from Forbes alleges that Eric Trump’s foundation was used as a front to divert money to businesses owned by his father.

Roger Moore, who played James Bond for a longer period and in more films than any other actor to date, has died at the age of 89.

After failing twice in a month, House Republicans apparently think they have the votes to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Part Two in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan. This post examines several ideas advanced by conservatives, and the reasons they aren’t complete answers to the problems we face.

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

At Congressional town halls across the country, there are signs of what could turn into a movement that would cause real headaches for the GOP in future elections.

President Trump will name his first Supreme Court pick on his 11th day in office.

Megaprojects are not a partisan thing. Megaprojects are large projects typically costing more than $1 billion and often tens of billions of dollars and impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people if not millions.

Another television icon has passed away.

Godspeed, John Glenn.

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

If polls are any indication, voters are set to legalize marijuana in five more states on Tuesday.

The erstwhile Republican firebrand and current NeverTrumper shares his personal struggles.

A golf legend passes away.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.