Outside the Beltway

A powerful Congressman successfully pressured a media giant to pull content. We should be worried.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

Another Friday, another political mess for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The cases of Ralph Northam and Mark Herring raise a question of when, if ever, something we did in the past should follow us for the rest of our lives.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

Two more defections from the stable of writers at RedState provide further proof of the extent to which conservative media has become a pro-Trump echo chamber.

Does trash become treasure with time?

The numbers should guide policy, not silly symbols.

French President Emmanuel Macron made several concessions to the Yellow Vest protesters but it remains to be seen if this will be enough to quell the protests.

Glenn Reynolds announced via his USA Today column that he has deleted his Twitter account.

Despite aggressive vaccination efforts, measles cases surged worldwide last year. You can “thank” that anti-vaccination movement.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is reportedly considering a bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2020.

A confrontation at sea between Russia and Ukraine is increasing tensions in a long-simmering conflict.

The Governor’s race in Florida is over, and the Senate race isn’t far behind.

Democrats have flipped the Senate seat currently held by Republican Jeff Flake.

Nor is it Armed Forces Day.

Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema appears to be headed toward victory.

Beto O’Rourke should consider running again in 2020, but not for President.

Congressman Steve King’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic rhetoric hasn’t bothered his constituents for twenty years, but he suddenly finds himself the focus of controversy and possibly vulnerable. It couldn’t happen to a more well-deserving guy.

Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.

Robert Mueller’s office has referred an apparent effort to bribe women into making allegations against him to the F.B.I.

Charges have been filed against the man responsible for the massacre in Pittsburgh in both Federal and State court.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

Several of the men apparently tied to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi have close ties to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A glance at Memeorandum demonstrates a problem that we’ve mentioned numerous times over the years.

The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.

New evidence indicates that the same Russian backed bots and trolls that sought to influence the 2016 election are now attempting to exploit the social divisions raised by the N.F.L. players kneeling during the National Anthem.

Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.

Entertainers work for a living, too.

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

With Martha McSally pulling off a decisive win, Arizona Republicans managed to avoid the disaster that likely would have occurred had either Kelli Ward or Joe Arpaio won last night.

Just hours before Senator McCain died, one of the candidates running for Jeff Flake’s Senate seat claimed that the McCain family released a statement about the late Senator’s health to hurt her campaign.

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has suspended football coach Urban Meyer for three games over his handling of allegations of domestic violence by an Assistant Coach dating back to 2015.

Congressman Keith Ellison won his party’s nomination for Minnesota Attorney General notwithstanding last-minute allegations of abuse against a former girlfriend.

The Republican Party’s nominee for Senator in Virginia really is as bad as you’ve heard, probably worse.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.

Make it so!

One of the biggest names in Hollywood stands accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women in yet another ground-breaking report by Ronan Farrow.

Don Blankenship, who came in third in the Republican Primary in West Virginia earlier this year, is moving forward with plans to run as a third-party candidate in the General Election.

The Thai SEALs have completed an amazing rescue effort with success.

A police officer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania who tased an apparently compliant African-American man will not be disciplined by his department, and probably won’t face charges either.

The 34-year-old Facebook tycoon is now worth more than 87-year-old Warren Buffet.

Federal law protects internet companies from liability for statements written by others.

An idiot climbed the monument, wasting police resources and ruining the day for hundreds of visitors.

The right-wing government in Warsaw has purged more than one-third of the members of the Polish Supreme Court in a crackdown on political opponents.

Another incident involving what clearly seems to be the inappropriate use of force against an African-American man.

A Pittsburgh area police officer has been indicted on homicide charges after a video emerged that appears to show him shooting a fleeing suspect in the back