Outside the Beltway

Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee for the Senate in Arizona, is leading all three of her potential Republican challengers. This could spell trouble for the GOP.

Trump’s tariff plan isn’t going over well in farm country, and that could cause problems for the GOP in November.

A bipartisan group of Senators has proposed a largely reasonable fix to the DACA problem, but its fate remains unclear.

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

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

As expected, Senate Republicans invoked the so-called ‘nuclear option’ to move the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch forward to a final vote on Friday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch even as it became inevitable that Republicans would be forced to invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

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.

Senate Democrats are divided on how to approach the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, making it likely that he’ll be confirmed.

Political reality shows us that the shootings in Charleston are not going to have any appreciable impact on the likelihood of any type of gun control law passing anywhere outside of the bluest of the blue states.

One analyst thinks that the predictions of a Republican Senate in 2014 are wildly optimistic.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

The Senate’s rejection of the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill isn’t particularly outraging the general public, according to a new poll.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

The politics of gun control is not nearly as easy as its supporters believe it to be.

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

The impact of outside spending on the election turned out to be far less consequential than many had feared.

The battle is on for control of the Senate, but whoever wins is likely to have a very slim majority.