Outside the Beltway

Author Sam Anderson puts forward a rather strange hypothesis in Politico.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

President Trump is suggesting he may force a government shutdown over his immigration policies just a month before the midterm elections.

After months of allegations regarding improper use of taxpayer dollars and the use of agency resources and personnel for personal needs, he is finally out.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.

There are twice as many suicides as homicides in America.

The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill appears to be running up against President Trump’s bizarre affinity for Andrew Jackson.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

Eleven states plus DC, who have 172 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a President, are now part of the compact.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

We may about to see a wave of teacher strikes.

New York Knicks Center Enes Katner is at the center of an international legal dispute for speaking out against the President of Turkey.

Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.

With time running out in the year, it’s looking increasingly unlikely that the Senate GOP will be able to meet its deadlines on passing a tax reform bill.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary won’t commit to putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Another Cabinet member rebukes the President for his comments about Charlottesville.

We mourn Charlottesville because Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, made clear in no uncertain terms that in his mind there was little distinction between those in Charlottesville who pursued the un-American “values” of soil, blood, and racial dominance and those who pursued the ideals of the American Constitution.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

There’s been a palace coup at The Heritage Foundation.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case dealing with whether Missouri can deny a religious school from participating in a program to make school playgrounds safer.

With the exception of the mandatory Federal death penalty appeals, the legal process is basically over in the Charleston Church shootings.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

Senate Democrats are set to almost unanimously oppose virtually all of the Trump Cabinet nominees yet to be voted on.

Rest In Peace, Mrs. Brady.

Defying the odds, Republicans held on in several traditionally Democratic states to keep control of the Senate.

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

An Oklahoma police officer has been charged in the shooting death of an African-American man while North Carolina authorities continue to balk on releasing a video in a shooting case there.

After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

Democrats will consider changing superdelegate rules, but not as much as Bernie Sanders would like.

An N.F.L. defensive legend has passed away at the age of 82.

Republican officials are running away from Donald Trump the way they’d run away from a horde of mosquitoes infected with the Zika virus.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

It won’t be a very good holiday season for Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof.

A group of states led by Texas has filed a suit in response to new guidelines from the Federal Government regarding the rights of transgender students.

Oklahoma’s Republican legislature passed a clearly unconstitutional bill outlawing abortion in the state.

Pfizer has become the latest drug maker from barring its products from being used in executions.

Even before the 2016 convention, Republicans are talking about possible rules changes to stop another Trump-like candidate in 2020 or beyond.

Several top Republicans have already said that they would not accept a position on a ticket with Donald Trump, so who might he choose?