Outside the Beltway

René Auberjonois, a long time character actor best known for his roles on Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space NIne, has died at 79.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

Mike Bloomberg isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s getting closer.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Trump another setback in his effort to keep his financial records out of Congressional hands.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

One political scientist says yes. A bunch of others say wait, what?

The newest entrant is outperforming most rivals but is intensely disliked.

A new poll seems to indicate that Democratic voters aren’t exactly jumping on the Mike Bloomberg train.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

A big win for ranked-choice voting in the Big Apple as voters approve a referendum that will bring ranked-choice voting to the nation’s most populous city.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

Donald Trump is moving his permanent residence south, where he should be right at home.

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

A Federal District Court Judge gave the House of Representatives, and the nation, a big win yesterday.

What started out as a joke on the campaign trail has turned into a serious legal argument being made to a Federal Judge by an attorney for the President.

Confirming earlier rumors, Rick Perry announced that he’d be leaving his position as Secretary of Energy at the end of the year.

Michael Bloomberg is reportedly reconsidering his decision not to run for President.

President Trump loses another lawsuit against his ongoing efforts to stonewall Congress.

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

It’s not just Ukraine.

A little bit of this for a little bit of that.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a huge and historic loss in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

New York City’s Mayor ends a campaign that was going nowhere.

With election results showing his Likud Party falling short of a majority, Benjamin Netanyahu is joining his chief rival in vallsfor a unity government. Getting there would be complicated, though,

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated an Emoluments Clause lawsuit against the President that had been dismissed nearly two years ago.

Eighteen years after the September 11th attacks, it’s becoming harder to remember what the world used to be like.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is ending a Presidential bid nobody knew existed.

Tom Brady tried to trademark the nickname “Tom Terrific.” It didn’t go so well.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent three weeks of cancer treatment earlier this summer. The second such treatment in a year, and the fourth in the last twenty years.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

Republican candidates are lining up to take on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez even though the odds of a Republican winning in her district are essentially zero.

Republicans from around the country want Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for Senate in Kansas. Because they’re afraid they can’t win without him.

As many as twelve candidates for the Democratic nomination may not qualify for the next debate. They should use that as an opportunity to get out of a race they clearly aren’t going to win.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

Confirming the original diagnosis, Jeffrey Epstein’s death last weekend has been ruled a suicide.

Donald Trump lies with the ease that the rest of us tie our shoes. Will that fact have an impact on voters?

Donald Trump is a complete package, you can’t support part of it without at least implicitly endorsing all of it.

One week out from the second Democratic debate, Elizabeth Warren appears to be the biggest beneficiary. while Kamala Harris appears to be falling behind.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.