Outside the Beltway

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

A gun rights victory at the ballot box in Colorado.

President Obama is trying to launch a war but there’s a lot of competition for attention.

Once, against Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it clear she isn’t going anywhere.

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

Reports of the death of the Voting Rights Act have been greatly exaggerated.

Cory Booker puts the kibosh on a persistent political rumor.

Ted Cruz is either being incredibly cynical as he deludes his fellow Republicans, or he’s living in a fantasy world.

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are openly disagreeing with a proposed strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

Lindsey Graham is playing cynical political games with a dangerous part of the world.

Americans tell pollsters that hate Congress, but they never seem to do anything about it.

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

The 10th anniversary of McCain-Feingold teaches a lesson we should already have learned.

President Obama is losing public support in the one area where he’s generally had broad support from the public in the past.

Some thoughts on the ongoing situation in Egypt.

There is either a military government or an Islamist one in Egypt’s future.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.

Liberal leaders want Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so President Obama can appoint her successor. She wants to hang around another decade.

Yesterday’s coup in Egypt, a day before we celebrate our own independence, reminds us of something else worth celebrating.

Egyptians celebrated last night, but the future is far from clear.

if reports are to be believed, there is a coup d’etat underway in Egypt.

On a slow news day, a major concession on Obamacare

Yesterday saw some of the biggest protests ever to rock Egypt. Where does it go from here?

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

Effective immediately, Texans will have to show photo identification to vote.