Outside the Beltway

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

The Army is finally getting its World War II uniforms, one base at a time.

A nuanced take on a complicated set of facts distorted in the public debate.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Are Republicans eschewing absentee voting?

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

We’re unlikely to know who wins the November elections right away.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

Unintended consequences of a necessary policy.

Bad journalism is not needed right now.

Gatherings involve risk at the moment.

Rand Paul still doesn’t get it.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

The COVID-19 infected Kentucky Senator defends his recent actions.

The man is a moron.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

It could take weeks to resolve the impasse between the House and Senate over the procedures to be followed in the Senate trial of President Trump.

The trial phase of the Trump impeachment is set to be an absolute partisan joke.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

A Senate Impeachment trial in early January would have a serious impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

Governor Matt Bevin still won’t concede the Kentucky Governor’s race.

A big win for ranked-choice voting in the Big Apple as voters approve a referendum that will bring ranked-choice voting to the nation’s most populous city.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular suffered a big loss in the Kentucky Governor’s race.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

It’s mostly a quiet Election Day around the country, but there are some races for Governor worth watching.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

President Trump and the Republican Senate rewarded a top Republican donor with a prized diplomatic appointment.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Kentucky teenager alleging he had been defamed by the coverage of his confrontation with a Native American man in January.

While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

The Trump Administration is warning Congress that we will need to raise the debt ceiling by September. Congress should take this as an opportunity to eliminate it entirely.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger. Much like 2014, though, it’s far too early to start writing his political obituary.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi suffered a major defeat on a signature issue.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.