Outside the Beltway

Protests that have killed four and injured hundreds have been rewarded and show no sign of ending.

There’s yet another rumor that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly could be on the way out.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema appears to be headed toward victory.

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

In addition to winning back the House, Democrats also made gains in Governor’s races.

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

Robert Mueller’s office has referred an apparent effort to bribe women into making allegations against him to the F.B.I.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.

Just days after appearing to condone donning blackface in the style of a 19th Century minstrel show, Megyn Kelly is out at NBC News.

Two more potential explosive devices, addressed to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, have been discovered by law enforcement.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

Republicans passed a tax cut bill in December they hoped would help in the midterm elections. It has turned out to be a big dud.

A new poll shows a decided turn toward the Democratic candidates for Governor and Senator in Florida, but it may be an outlier.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

The Saudis have been awful for generations. Why this?

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

Not surprisingly, it appears that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salam, who effectively runs Saudi Arabia under his father’s rule, is behind the apparent plot against Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

Open mouth, insert foot. Chuck Grassley didn’t exactly help his party when he was asked to explain the lack of Republican women on the Judiciary Committee.

After roughly a week of staying silent, President Trump decided last night to openly mock Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

The State of Texas is arguing in Court that a school district can force a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

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

A new round of Congressional Ballot polls seems to put Democrats in a strong position for the ‘blue wave’ they’ve been hoping for all year.

Cracks are beginning to show in the previously united Republican front on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation notwithstanding what appear to be credible allegations of sexual assault.

With the primaries over, we can say that it’s been quite a successful year for women in politics.

Three months after the Singapore summit, evidence grows that North Korea is still making nuclear weapons.

The #MeToo movement brings down the head of a Fortune 500 company.

The GOP’s hold on the Bob Corker’s Senate seat in Tennessee may be in jeopardy.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

As the midterms get closer, the public’s perception of the President’s job performance is getting worse.

With Martha McSally pulling off a decisive win, Arizona Republicans managed to avoid the disaster that likely would have occurred had either Kelli Ward or Joe Arpaio won last night.

With just 72 days to go until Election Day, the chances that the Democrats will take control of at least one chamber of Congress are looking quite good.

Sad news about a Senate stalwart who has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer for more than a year.

A new poll shows Ted Cruz in a much tighter than expected race for re-election, but it’s going to take more to consider Texas a state that Democrats could pick up in the fall.

The latest reports about the circumstances surrounding the payoff to Stormy Daniels could pose big problems for Michael Cohen and his client.

Orwell lives.

ESPN won’t air the National Anthem before regular season games this year, but that probably won’t stop the President from ranting about it.

Recent reports have indicated that doubts are growing about the wisdom of keeping California Democrat Nancy Pelosi at the top of House Leadership.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.

A new poll suggests that Governor Scott Walker could be in trouble as he seeks a third term as Governor of Wisconsin, but he’s been counted out before only bounce back and confound the doubters.

New polling shows that the ground looks fertile for Democrats in the fall.

A fourth poll in less than a month shows that most Americans support keeping the rights protected in Roe v. Wade alive.

Based on what can only be described as pure vindictiveness, the President is apparently planning on revoking security clearances of former officials who have been outspoken against the Administration and its policies.

Most Americans disapprove of the President’s handling of our relationship with Russia, and foreign policy more generally, in the wake of the Helsinki Summit. That’s not having much of an impact on his overall job approval, though.

The Trump Administration is inviting Vladimir Putin to Washington, D.C. for a second summit in the fall. What could possibly go wrong?

Democrats are making largely meaningless appeals to the so-called ‘Merrick Garland Precedent” to argue for a delay in confirming the President’s next Supreme Court nominee. The American people feel differently.

Jim Jordan, who heads the powerful House Freedom Caucus, is being accused of ignoring reports of sexual abuse by a team doctor while he was a coach at The Ohio State University.

More evidence that North Korea isn’t living up to the promises it made in Singapore.

The supposed promises made at the Singapore Summit don’t appear to be working out in the real world.