Outside the Beltway

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

After failing twice in a month, House Republicans apparently think they have the votes to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

Six months after the election, the postmortems of the Clinton campaign all seem to have one thing in common, they all point at things other than the candidate and her campaign as being the reason she lost.

The National Weather Service didn’t want to confuse the public by changing the forecast at the last minute.

Part Two in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan. This post examines several ideas advanced by conservatives, and the reasons they aren’t complete answers to the problems we face.

Senate Democrats are divided on how to approach the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, making it likely that he’ll be confirmed.

More conflicts of interest for the Trump Administration.

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

President Trump will name his first Supreme Court pick on his 11th day in office.

Despite the lack of evidence, Donald Trump continues to claim that there were ‘millions’ of illegal votes cast in 2016.

A movement motivated by hurt and fear turned into a political force eight years ago. Can another follow suit?

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

President Obama thinks he would have beaten Donald Trump. And he’s probably right.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

Donald Trump says he will ‘leave his business,’ but is providing very few details and continuing to leave the impression that he will enter office with more conflicts of interest than any previous President in American history.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

An irrelevant candidate is triggering a recount in three states Trump won by substantial margins.

While it seems a strange choice at first blush, it’s a good one.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

In a call to supporters, Hillary Clinton blames her loss on F.B.I. Director James Comey

Despite resentments, power will transition peacefully from President Obama to President Trump. We should be thankful for that rather than protesting it.

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

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

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

My predictions for the House and Senate.

With just one day to go, Clinton’s paths to victory continue to look far more realistic than Donald Trump’s.

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

F.B.I. Director Comey tells Congress that it’s investigation into new emails revealed no information to change its conclusions about Hillary Clinton and her email server.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were convicted in the criminal trial resulting from the ‘Bridgegate’ scandal.

A look at the Electoral College shows that It is far more likely that Hillary Clinton will win the election than that Donald Trump will.

As we head into the second Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looks to be in very good shape.

With five weeks to go, the momentum in the race is moving decidedly in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

Democratic hopes of retaking the Senate aren’t going so well at the moment.

With just hours before the first debate, and six weeks until Election Day, the race for President remains tight.

A golf legend passes away.

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

A long way off, but there are some important pre-trial matters to resolve between now and then.