Outside the Beltway

The state of Arizona is seeking donations for construction of the border fence.

A comedian-turned-Senator makes some strong points about how America goes to war.

A major law firm has withdrawn from defending DOMA in Court, and a public controversy has erupted.

President Obama is suffering in the polls because of high gas prices, but is there really anything he can do about them?

Contempt for Congress is an old American tradition. Unfortunately.

The challenges to the Affordable Care Act will remain in the Courts of Appeals for now, but they’re still on a pretty fast track.

If you look at the Tea Party’s impact on state politics, you see it really isn’t much different from the Religious Right.

One of the Tea Party movement’s favorite Senators used the dreaded c-word.

Once again, President Obama has ignored Candidate Obama’s promises to reign in the Presidential powers assumed by George W. Bush.

In all honesty, much of what is coming out of the mouths of self-described conservatives is actually pretty darn radical.

Arizona’s so-called “Birther Bill” seems to violate several provisions of the Federal Constitution.

To borrow a phrase: budgeting is the science of muddling through (with an emphasis on the “muddling” far more than the “science.”

The Congressional Budget Office has come up with slightly different calculations of the savings created by the Obama-Boehner budget compromise.

The GOP seems to be telling President Obama that revenue increases are off the table. That’s a huge mistake.

Paul Krugman is disappointed with the President, but it’s really his own fault for being so naive.

The Obama Administration is resisting efforts to expand Fourth Amendment protections to services like Gmail. That’s unfortunate.

Judge Sumi’s TROs arise from a veritable cornucopia of error.

For the past day or so, America’s fighting men have been pawns in a cynical political game.

The war on childhood fun reaches the East Coast.

There are still three days left, but it’s looking less and less likely that a budget deal will be reached in time to avoid a government shutdown.

Paul Ryan unveiled an ambitious plan to cut the deficit today. The question is whether it will be the beginning of a debate, or an opportunity for Democratic demagoguery

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

The story that GE paid zero taxes last year despite mega-billion dollar profits is completely untrue.

House Republicans engaged in a publicity stunt on Friday that displayed a profound misunderstanding of how government actually works in the United States.

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is running for president.

The Federal Government has filed its response to Virginia’s request for an expedited review of Virginia v. Sebelius, and they’ve got an compelling argument against rushing things.

Was the GOP’s maneuver legit? And what’s next?

The Dalai Lama will give up his political role in the Tibetan government-in-exile and shift that power to an elected representative.

Wisconsin Republicans stripped state employees of collective bargaining rights without the Democratic senators who fled the state to prevent a quorum.

Illinois became the 16th state to abolish capital punishment today. That’s far too few.