Outside the Beltway

Within hours after being fired as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin was fighting back.

Descriptions of Robby Jackson as “Trump’s personal physician” mischaracterize his qualifications for the job.

New polling shows that public support for several gun control proposals continue to increase in the wake of February’s shooting at a Parkland, Florida High School.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

Despite the activism we’ve seen in the wake of the school shooting in Florida, it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant Congressional action on guns.

New polls show increased support for various gun control measures, including limitations on so-called “assault weapons,” but that doesn’t mean we’re likely to see Congressional action on the subject.

President Trump is pressing the idea of arming teachers to stop shootings in schools.

Al Hoffman Jr., a Florida-based real estate developer who was a leading fund-raiser for George W. Bush’s campaigns, said he would seek to marshal support among other Republican political donors for a renewed assault weapons ban.

Phil Carter makes an interesting argument but he’s ultimately mistaken.

From the F.B.I. on down, there were multiple warnings that could have prevented Wednesday’s tragedy in Parkland, Florida.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

Two weeks later, it’s still unclear what caused a false missile alert to be sent out in Hawaii.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Another mass shooting.

Bowe Bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge and reduction in rank, but will not serve time in prison.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

A public intellectual is getting the help he needs.

A big setback for Republican efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

With a vote tentatively scheduled for this evening, House Republicans appear to lack the votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

It may well be that the 25th Amendment, not the impeachment clause, will be his undoing.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

Another major change for the Boy Scouts.

Not surprisingly, Dylann Roof received a sentence of death for the murder of nine people at a historic African-American church.

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

The Federal Judge presiding over Dylann Roof’s murder trial suggested late last week that Roof may not presently be competent to stand trial. This does not mean that he’ll be set free, though.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.

As expected, the Senate rejected four gun control measures introduced in the wake of the attack in Orlando.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

It won’t be a very good holiday season for Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof.

Following in the footsteps of state prosecutors, Federal prosecutors have announced they will seek the death penalty for Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof.

No trial for Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Robert Dear, at least not for now.

A Connecticut Judge has allowed a lawsuit against the manufacturer and seller of the weapons used in the Sandy Hook Shootings to go forward, but a Federal Law appears to make dismissal inevitable.

The gun control regulations to be announced later today by President Obama later today amount to far less than the hype would lead you to believe.

The man who killed three and wounded several others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood seemingly admitted guilt and motive in a courtroom outburst, but questions about his mental capacity remain.

The no-fly list is a flawed, arbitrary mess that has kept innocent people from flying for years. Using it to deny people rights recognized by the Constitution is, quite honestly, insane.

Blaming political opponents for criminal acts they clearly didn’t commit or advocate isn’t a political argument, it’s demagoguery.

The news that the late football legend Frank Gifford suffered from the same chronic brain disease that has been diagnosed in many N.F.L. players in recent years, and the upcoming release of a new film on the issue, seems certain to increase pressure to protect players at all levels of football.

Massive boycotts and protests likely spell the end of Tim Wolfe’s tenure as president.

A new poll shows an up-tick in public support for some gun control measures, but gun control advocates can’t ignore the political reality that says those restrictions are unlikely to ever become law.

In the wake of yesterday’s shootings in Oregon, President Obama took the airwaves to offer the same empty rhetoric he has on this issue in the past, and to make the false claim that there are simple solutions to what is a very complex problem.

California’s legislature has approved a bill that would legalize physician assisted suicide in the nation’s largest state.

Four months in jail, no opportunity for bail, no trial, no access to mental health care. And, now Jamycheal Mitchell is dead.