Outside the Beltway

The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.

It’s easier for an American citizen to go to Iran or North Korea than it is for them to go to Cuba, That’s insane.

Pope Francis’s new encyclical isn’t exactly being received positively by American conservatives, because they seem to be missing the point.

Nine people died overnight in a shooting at an historic African-American Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.

Lee Siegel takes to the NYT to explain “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.”

Being required to demonstrate competency in liberal arts to teach is racially discriminatory, a federal judge has ruled.

Most Americans think that income inequality is a problem, but they don’t all agree on what to do about it.

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.

Hillary Clinton is taking a hit in the polls, but it’s unclear if that’s going to matter when 2016 rolls around.

Don’t believe everything you read in the papers.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

The first batch of email from Hillary Clinton regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi have been released, and they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

The Clinton Foundation has disclosed that there were $26 million in donations that it had failed to disclose while Hillary was Secretary of State.

Thwarted by the legislature, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal used his executive power to take action that seems directed more toward evangelicals in Iowa than anything happening in his home state.

There’s a better way to finance news than hiding it behind paywalls.

Pollsters on both sides of the Atlantic have been trying to figure out why the polls released right up until the eve of the British General Election were so wrong. Here’s one theory, and it’s very compelling.

The gang at The Week are surprised that “Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial.”

Hillary Clinton told supporters she’d require Supreme Court nominees to pledge to overturn Citizens United, a decision she completely misrepresented.

The first of what is likely to be many defamation suits related to Rolling Stone’s discredited campus rape story has been filed.

Hillary Clinton hasn’t taken questions from reporters in three weeks. Because she doesn’t need the media as much as most other candidates.

Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.

The jobs market bounced back in April, but that’s about all we can say.

The political outlook in the United Kingdom is as uncertain as it has ever been.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

Mike Huckabee’s back, but the 2008 magic is gone.

It’s complicated. And probably not a scandal.

Two men were killed last night before they could carry out what appears to be a planned attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

U.S forces in Afghanistan have been involved in missions that go far beyond the counterterror mission the Obama Administration said they would be limited to.

It’s time for another White House Correspondent’s Dinner, and it’s going to be just as atrocious as the last one. But, the dinner isn’t the real problem.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

The former CIA Director received no jail time and a nuisance-level fine in exchange for a guilty plea to espionage charges.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing argue that his killer should be spared from the death penalty.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.