Outside the Beltway

Russia has been barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics after an investigation uncovered extensive evidence of cheating.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

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

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

A new poll shows Democratic nominee Doug Jones tied with twice-removed former Chief Justice Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, but it’s still too early to be optimistic.

Downplaying earlier reports, the National Football League is shooting down reports that it would move to force players to stand for the National Anthem.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

Vice-President Pence left an Indianapolis Colts game early in what was obviously a cynical pre-planned publicity stunt.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

Donald Trump’s increasingly confrontational rhetoric regarding North Korea is leading to similar rhetoric from the DPRK, and concern among top diplomats.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

In President Trump’s mind, American citizens exercising their First Amendment rights are “sons of bitches” who should be fired for exercising their rights.

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

Fewer people are watching live television events such as the Super Bowl and Academy Awards.

There were 111.3 million people tuned into the Super Bowl on Sunday, slightly lower than last year.

Athletes are sitting out the Star Spangled Banner to air their grievances. Management is pushing back.

Blue feelings matter.

The final major piece of the negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government appears to be in place.

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, some people have argued that American solidarity with France, in contrast to seeming disregard for tragedy elsewhere, is something we should feel bad about. That argument is ridiculous.

After 200 years, Francis Scott Key’s most famous work may have outlived its usefulness..

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

Some perspective from Sochi.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Alabama youth choir gets hand slapped for impromptu rendition of the national anthem.

You aren’t allowed the sing the Star Spangled Banner at the Lincoln Memorial.