Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump became bitter rivals for the soul of the GOP in 2016, but Romney appears to be at the top of Trump’s list for the nation’s top diplomat.

Mike Pence’s night at the theater included a message from the cast. Good for them.

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

A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.

Another great loss for music in what has been a difficult year.

The fight for marijuana legalization advances in California.

Defying the odds and the polls, Donald Trump triumphed over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.

I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.

A late Friday news dump by the Director of the F.B.I. has thrown a confusing curve ball into the race.

What was supposed to be a night away from the campaign trail quickly turned partisan.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

America’s newspaper of records has published three pages of stolen tax documents from 1995.

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.

Just about two days after setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York City, a suspect is in custody.

An explosion that ended up injuring 29 people interrupted an otherwise quiet Saturday evening in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City.

Clinton stumbles and leaves an event early, leading to the news that her campaign has been withholding health information from the press.

A Trump surrogate warns of a “taco truck on every corner” if Trump loses. That sounds like more of a promise than a threat if you ask me.

After weeks of bleeding, the Trump campaign is undergoing a shake up, but it’s unlikely to fix what’s really wrong.

America’s largest voting bloc is heavily turned off by Donald Trump, and that is posing long-term problems for Republicans in general.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

The least likely choice ascends to the Number Two position on the Republican ticket.

If reports are correct, Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be Donald Trump’s choice for a running mate.

If you listened to politicians or the media, you wouldn’t know that homicide rates are at a level unseen since 1963.

If the allegations of a new lawsuit are true, things are truly lurid behind the scenes at Fox News Channel.

The Veepstakes continues.

A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.

Donald Trump has almost no cash on hand. That doesn’t bode well for his campaign going forward.

For Donald Trump at least, the start of the General Election campaign is the perfect time to dredge up decades old conspiracy theories.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

Nearly one year after the Supreme Court’s historic decision, public support for same-sex marriage continues to rise even among groups that were previously strongly opposed to it.

The rise of Trump and Sanders has resurrected a debate as old as Western civilization.

Hillary Clinton scored another big win in New York last night, putting her closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, and causing Bernie Sanders’ campaign to make even less sense.

As expected, Donald Trump scored a huge victory in his home state last night and now appears to be back on track to win the GOP nomination.

As the Empire State votes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look well positioned to have a very good night.

Just days before a high stakes primary in New York, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over familiar themes in their latest debate.

Justice Sotomayor argued last week that we ought to look somewhere other than just the Courts of Appeal, the Ivy League, and the Northeast for Supreme Court Justices. She’s right.

With just over a week to go, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have solid leads in New York.

Looking at the delegate math, Donald Trump’s path to victory seems to be becoming clearer by the day.

Michael Bloomberg announced today that he’s not running for President, but he came awfully close to getting into the race.

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

The Supreme Court seems as closely divided as ever on an issue that has divided the nation for forty years, but the implications of Justice Scalia’s death were quite apparent during oral argument in the Texas Abortion Law case.

A Federal Judge in New York has denied an F.B.I. request to force Apple to extract data from iPhones involved in a Federal drug case.

Ben Carson may be a non-entity in the Presidential race at this point, but that hasn’t stopped him from making controversial statements.

For now at least, the Bush Dynasty has seen the end of its involvement in national politics.

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79.

As Michael Bloomberg flirts with the idea of running for President, a poll finds very little enthusiasm for the idea.