Outside the Beltway

Great Britain heads to the polls today.

In addition to the race in New Jersey, the statewide races in Virginia are also being looked to as a barometer of American politics in the first year of the Trump Administration.

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno will face off against each other to succeed Chris Christie in New Jersey.

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

Another night of terror in the United Kingdom.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

There’s a Special Election in Montana tomorrow, and the Democratic candidate is performing far above expectations.

Iranian voters have re-elected Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate whose election in 2013 was largely responsible for the shifts in policy that made the international agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear research program possible.

During the campaign, Donald Trump promised to undo the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. Now his Administration is signaling that, at least for now, the deal will stay in place.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

Two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, nearly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of legal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the American Health Care Act.

Trump’s job approval numbers continue to sink.

Republicans are finding that their constituents aren’t very happy about the passage of the American Health Care Act.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

America’s longest war is still going on, and President Trump’s advisers want him to continue his predecessor’s policies of continuing to re-expand American forces in a war that has seemingly no end.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

As usual, an attempt to explain congressional behavior brings us back to the issue of our basic institutions. The way we elect congress matters.

Emmanuel Macron holds a decisive lead over Marine Le Pen as the French Presidential election heads into its final hours.

Once again, the GOP punts on ‘repeal and replace’ because they don’t have the votes.

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.

Faced with the fact that it has little to show for its first 100 days in office, the Trump Administration is pressuring Congress to come up with a new health care reform bill before the end of next week.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

A political surprise in Great Britain as Prime Minister Theresa May calls a snap election for June 8th.

President Trump’s job approval woes are starting to impact the GOP as a whole.

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

A top Trump campaign adviser was the subject of a FISA warrant for at least part of last year.

A big win for opponents of Voter ID laws.

Judge Gorsuch is now Justice Gorsuch and it’s time to hit the ground running.

Stop romanticizing the filibuster (and don’t appeal to the intent of the Founders).

Donald Trump has basically declared war on the people who blocked the AHCA from passing last week.

Next week’s big news is likely to be the Senate’s vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, which could mean invocation of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ by Senate Republicans.

The tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro is set to become the latest member of the NATO alliance despite the fact that there is seemingly no good reason for it.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

Just about two months into office, Donald Trump’s job approval number are worse than any newly elected President since World War II.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will formally invoke Article 50 of the European Union treaty on March 29th, thus officially beginning a Brexit process likely to take years.

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.

The Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news yesterday to House Republicans on their replacement for Obamacare.

South Korea removes a corrupt leader by peaceful means.

A majority of Americans support appointment of an Independent Counsel to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 election and the Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia, but we should be careful before taking this step.