Outside the Beltway

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Some tab clearing.

One of these is not like the other.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Castrating their party’s Speaker is not smart politics.

The no electoral politics, no Trump edition.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

Enjoy.

The January 6 Committee is expected to make a minimum of three referrals.

I don’t think that means what he thinks it means.

Knowing what FNC is likely saying without watching FNC.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

Did you even notice?

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

The next Congress will look a bit more like America than did the last.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

Covering the coverage.

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

The numbers aren’t real. Not yet, anyway.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

An interesting wrinkle in the 2024 race.

They’re not sending their best people.

The Justice Department is looking to inoculate itself against charges of partisanship.

A few stories to consider.

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

He remains free pending appeal.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

Hope is not a COA.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

Some stories and passing comments.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

For the first time in a long time, Presidential approval numbers and voter preferences aren’t’ aligned.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

What does objectivity mean in the Trump era?

A man made famous for discovering Iraq’s WMD program was virtually nonexistent is gone at 82.

The most consumer-visible commodity is down for the 67th consecutive day.

The leading public health agency no longer recommends doing things people had already stopped doing.

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.