Outside the Beltway

Scott Walker used to have a commanding lead in Iowa, now he’s in 7th place. That’s just another sign of the troubles facing his campaign.

A trial court Judge in Oregon is the latest public official to refuse to do his job.

The 2016 election will be fought on a very small battlefield, and right now the makeup of that battlefield heavily favors the Democrats.

It will never actually happen, of course, but some of Donald Trump’s fellow candidates for President have been eager to endorse his idea to abolish birthright citizenship.

Not surprisingly, Tom Brady’s appeal of his Deflategate suspension was not successful.

Kenny “The Snake” Stabler, legendary Alabama Crimson Tide and Oakland Raiders quarterback, has died of cancer at the age of 69.

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

In an ordinary year, Ohio Governor John Kasich seems like he’d be a perfect candidate for Republicans in an era when winning the Buckeye State is essential to winning the White House. But things are far from ordinary in the GOP.

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has resigned in the wake of criminal charges for covering up sexual abuse of children.

Iowa Republicans may be a day away from putting the Iowa Straw Poll out of its, and our, misery.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.

The Iowa Straw Poll seems to be dying, and that’s a good thing.

Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.

What if they held a straw poll and nobody came?

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

Jeb Bush will not participate in this year’s version of the Iowa Straw Poll.

The tributes to the troops you see during N.F.L. games were most likely bought and paid for with your tax dollars.

In a marked departure from recent cases, the Supreme Court rules that states can impose significant restriction on solicitation of campaign contributions in judicial elections.

“Tanking” to improve draft position has plagued the NBA for years. The solution is obvious.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

Unlike Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson has lost his bid to have his suspension overturned.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

Michele Bachmann leaves office at the end of the current Congress, but we may not have heard the last from her.

In a slap to the face of the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell, an arbitrator has overturned the indefinite suspension that was imposed on former Ravens Running Back Ray Rice back in September.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

Fresh off his third statewide win in four years, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be getting ready to run for President.

Much like the disease itself, Ebola panic seems to have disappeared as the midterm elections become ever more distant in the rear view mirror.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

An unsurprising ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that only seems to bring closer the day when same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

There’s at least a 50-50 chance we won’t know who controls the Senate until weeks after Election Day.

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

Justice Ginsburg had some interesting things to say about the same-sex marriage cases headed to the Supreme Court.

A new poll indicates that NFL fans plan to keep watching despite the recent domestic abuse scandals.

A number of factors unique to 2014 make it likely that control of the Senate could be up in the air for months after Election Day.

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

Even with the passage of time, Watergate remains a singularly important event in American history

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

In 1995, the Speaker predicted Medicare is “going to wither on the vine because we think people are voluntarily going to leave it.”