Outside the Beltway

President Trump hinted today that he’s likely to name his Supreme Court choice next week, and the list to appears have narrowed to three men.

With repeal of the Affordable Care Act now likely sooner rather than later, key Republicans are urging the party to have a replacement in place before repeal is voted on.

Once again, Donald Trump has played his supporters for suckers.

Republicans are afraid to oppose Donald Trump for fear that his supporters will come after them.

Trump will maintain some level of private security once in office.

As we approach the vote, the fantasies keep coming.

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

A controversial member of George W. Bush’s foreign policy team is up for a post in Donald Trump’s State Department.

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

Are these the faces of Clinton voters? George P. Bush thinks so.

For now at least, it looks as though last week’s email news is having little impact on the state of the race for President.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden is on a Clinton campaign short list for Secretary of State.

The erstwhile Republican firebrand and current NeverTrumper shares his personal struggles.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.

In which Ted Cruz endorses the guy who called his wife ugly and said his father was involved in the Kennedy assassination.

According to one report, the GOP’s longest living former President plans to vote for a Democrat this fall.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

Comments from one Republican Senator are raising the possibility we could see hearings and a vote on Merrick Garland during the post-election lame duck session of Congress.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

With Donald Trump floundering, there are a whole lot of nervous Republican Senators up for re-election.

Did Donald Trump really suggest assassination as a political weapon, even as a joke? It sure sounds like it.

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

Hillary Clinton’s extreme carelessness with classified information probably won’t cost her the election, but it should.

If anything, the Trump campaign is going to provide some interesting data for future political scientists who study campaigns.

Backers of the losing candidate for the Democratic nomination are surprised that they’re not getting their way.

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 Supreme Court at its best and therefore its most frustrating.

A revered Republican foreign policy guru has endorsed the Democratic nominee for president.

Republican leaders and politicians continue to distance themselves from their party’s presumptive nominee.

Marco Rubio may be running for re-election to the Senate after all.

Donald Trump continues his war on freedom of the press and reporters who cover him critically by barring The Washington Post from covering campaign events.

Hillary Clinton won the final Super Tuesday of the 2016 primary season, thus officially sending us into what promises to be among the most contentious General Election battles in recent memory.

Republicans have a choice to make and, so far, they’ve been making the wrong one.

The Clinton campaign probably thought the email story was behind them. The new report from the State Department’s Inspector General shows just how wrong they were about that.

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