Outside the Beltway

Gary Johnson was a successful two-term Governor in New Mexico. Now he’s making a bid to represent the Land of Enchantment in the U.S. Senate.

Another step forward in the seemingly unstoppable movement toward nationwide legalization.

A Pennsylvania Grand Jury report reveals decades of abuse by some 300 Catholic Priests impacting more than 1,000 children and 26 of the state’s Roman Catholic Diocese.

Vermont Democrats nominated a transgender woman for Governor yesterday but she faces long odds in November.

A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.

The Garden State has put a hold on marijuana prosecutions in anticipation of full legalization by the end of the year.

Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, who challenged Nancy Pelosi for a leadership spot in 2016, is telling supporters he’s running for President in 2020.

The midterm elections are still four months away, but Democrats are already making moves to prepare for the race for their party’s Presidential nomination in 2020.

The situation isn’t as awful as portrayed by the AP—but it’s still pretty bad.

In November, Michigan voters will be able to make their state the tenth state to legalize marijuana. This is just the latest step in what seems to be an irreversible trend.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

After hitting a stumbling bloc in April, Mitt Romney coasted to a win last night, and has a clear path to Washington and the U.S. Senate.

A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.

Donald Trump wants Republicans to make his immigration policies the centerpiece of the midterm campaign. What could possibly go wrong?

In a significant First Amendment ruling, the Supreme Court has held that a Minnesota law barring “political apparel” at polling places is unconstitutional.

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

Alex Jones is finally being called on to answer for his irresponsible lying about events like the Sandy Hook shooting.

As we approach the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support same-sex marriage.

Some good news from North Korea.

Eleven states plus DC, who have 172 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a President, are now part of the compact.

The incident involving Paul Ryan and the House Chaplain has raised some questions.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

Mitt Romney stumbled in his bid to become Utah’s next Senator but he’s still likely to win the nomination anyway.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

The parents of two of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing Alex Jones for falsely accusing them of lying about the deaths of their children.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

Another Federal Court loss for gun rights activists challenging state laws banning “assault weapons.”

Mitt Romney staked out a position on DACA that is to the right of the President, and to the right of a majority of Utah voters.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

This isn’t your ordinary windy day.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

NRO’s David French offers “A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider.”

To the surprise of nobody, Mitt Romney entered the race to succeed Orrin Hatch in the Senate. He’ll probably win.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. And, yes, he’s running.

A longstanding claim—that I myself believed to be true—is that spending money on preventative care like regular checkups would save money in the long run by catching health issues before they become acute. The evidence does not support this.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.

A group of 21 states has filed a petition to review the F.C.C.’s recent net neutrality rule changes, but it faces an uncertain future.

That “Romney for Senate” campaign seems pretty much inevitable.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

House and Senate Republicans say they have reached agreement on a final tax bill, and Democrats are engaging in an effort to delay a vote in the Senate until Doug Jones can be seated.