Outside the Beltway

Huge swaths of the country are underserved.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

It’s finally officially official.

AZ, GA, and Pa are on the table.

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

Almost 50 losses in four weeks,. Impressive.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

The numbers behind recounts.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

We have a President-Elect.

Hopefully, we can finally declare a President-Elect today.

The early reaction was premature.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Why it’s all over but the crying.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

Biden inches closer to 270.

10 more Electoral votes.

The picture is becoming clearer.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

More good news for Biden.

The President has hit rock bottom.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

We’re unlikely to know who wins the November elections right away.

Who knew?

He’s repelling the people he needs to mount a comeback.

Nate Silver now gives Biden an 87% chance of winning the nomination outright.

It doesn’t look like the Progressive wing is uniting any time soon.

The inevitable has happened.

Women didn’t vote for her either. But that doesn’t mean sexism didn’t play a role in her loss.

A quick follow-up.

The races are more alike—and yet more different—than we seem to remember.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

The longtime talking head is the latest poster boy for #MeToo. And mandatory retirement.

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

Anti-Biden ads using the former President’s words are being aimed at black voters.