Outside the Beltway

Former Vice-President Biden has come under fire for his longtime support for the Hyde Amendment.

Bernie Sanders supporters are a wee bit sensitive.

Surprising pollsters and political analysts down under, Australia’s ruling center-right coalition pulled off a big win in Saturday’s election.

Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

Despite seemingly ideal conditions, Green Mountain Care was an absolute debacle.

Democratic House members are finding that their constituents aren’t quite as eager for impeachment as some party activists are.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

The Vermont socialist likes to invent rights that don’t exist.

So far, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign has been far more about image than substance.

The tone and content of President Trump’s 2020 campaign is already quite apparent.

The US is reproducing below the replacement rate.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

The decision to hand Democrats a victory and step on the good news from the Mueller report apparently came from the very top.

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

The Texas Congressman has decided to forgo another Senate bid and instead focus his energies elsewhere.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

Based on his appearance on CNN last night, Howard Schultz appears to be running a campaign about nothing.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 race on Sunday.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

Bret Stephens on Howard Schultz

While much of the attention in the race for the Democratic nomination to date has been on the left, there is a path forward for a more centrist candidate.

Pensions and health care costs for the elderly are crowding out other vital spending.

Doctors have declared Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cancer free but she is still expected to miss one more week of oral argument as she recovers from her surgery in December.

Two years of Republican control of the Legislative and Executive Branches has put us back on a path toward $1 trillion budget deficits.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

The latest entry in the unity third party presidential candidate genre is just as bad as they always are.

Republicans scored a win in Court last week, but it seems likely to lead to a political loss in the long-term.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor contends that a recent change in tax law unravels the basis for the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare.

The Trump Administration appears to think that the Budget Deficit and National Debt aren’t a big deal because we can just grow our way out of the problem. This is highly unlikely to happen.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

Bernie Sanders has not officially said that he’s running for President, but he’s reportedly planning a much more aggressive campaign than what we saw in 2016 if he does.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Sherrod Brown pulled off the only statewide Democratic victory in Ohio on November 6th. Because of that, he’s being looked at as a potential 2020 candidate for President.

With the recounts over we can officially say that Rick Scott will be the next Senator from Florida.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is apparently considering running for President.

Bernie Sanders could find repeating the success of 2016 in 2020 may not be so easy.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

Fear-mongering of various types on full display.

Despite his ethical issues, Bob Menendez appears to be solidifying his position in New Jersey’s Senate race.

Contrary to what they believed back in December. Republicans are finding that the tax reform bill is not helping them in the midterm elections.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.

The target is not just on illegal immigrants.

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.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.