Outside the Beltway

With just hours to go, it seems increasingly unlikely that the Senate can reach a deal to keep the government open.

There are no good outcomes for the GOP in Alabama.

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

For a guy who considers the Russia investigation “Fake News,” President Trump sure is doing a lot to try to stop it.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

A step backward on civil rights from a President who claimed he would be a friend to the LGBT community.

The Supreme Court ruled today that states may not exclude church-run schools from an aid program with a wholly secular purpose.

Puerto Rican voters voted overwhelmingly for statehood yesterday in a referendum whose legitimacy is being questioned due to boycotts by opposition parties.

A guilty plea in a particularly shocking case of police brutality.

With a government shutdown looming at the end of the week, the Administration has appeared to back away from a demand that a government funding bill include money allocated for the President’s promised border wall.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case dealing with whether Missouri can deny a religious school from participating in a program to make school playgrounds safer.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

Judge Gorsuch is now Justice Gorsuch and it’s time to hit the ground running.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke suggests building Trump’s Wall on Mexican territory.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

A pioneer of Rock & Roll has passed away.

After a highly contentious nomination process, Jeff Sessions was confirmed last night as the new Attorney General of the United States.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

While it seems a strange choice at first blush, it’s a good one.

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

Defying the odds, Republicans held on in several traditionally Democratic states to keep control of the Senate.

My predictions for the House and Senate.

A look at the Electoral College shows that It is far more likely that Hillary Clinton will win the election than that Donald Trump will.

Republican candidates for the Senate and House are campaigning on the argument that they will be a bulwark against a Clinton Presidency.

With just over three weeks before Election Day, efforts by top Republicans to disavow their party’s nominee are quite clearly too little, too late.

Democratic hopes of retaking the Senate aren’t going so well at the moment.

After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.

With just forty-nine days left in the campaign, and less than a week before the first debate, the race for President is tighter than ever.

With ten weeks to go ,there’s been some tightening in the polls but Hillary Clinton continues to maintain a commanding lead in the race for the White House.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

It’s eleven weeks — just 77 days — until Election Day, and things are looking pretty good for Hillary Clinton, and pretty bad for Donald Trump.

GOP control of Indiana’s Senate seat appears to be in jeopardy, and that will have serious implications for the battle to control the Senate.

Another poll confirms that Virginia is firmly in the pocket of Hillary Clinton.

With Donald Trump floundering, there are a whole lot of nervous Republican Senators up for re-election.

In a sign of just how bad the trends are right now for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is gaining ground in states that Mitt Romney won four years ago.

Californians are set to vote on marijuana legalization in November and, this time, it looks like it will pass.

Donald Trump has a steep hill to climb to reverse a quarter century trend.

Pfizer has become the latest drug maker from barring its products from being used in executions.

A new poll finds that Donald Trump is really, really disliked by voters, but it’s unclear how much that will matter going forward.

Putting Donald Trump at the top of the ticket would likely lead to an Electoral College disaster for Republicans.

The Supreme Court appeared deadlocked during oral argument in the latest case dealing with the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandates.