Outside the Beltway

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is helping out Boris Johnson’s Tories. Sort of.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

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

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

With the 2019 United Kingdom General Election campaign just starting, Boris Johnson and the Tories look to be in strong shape. However, anything can happen in the next six weeks.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

And now we have evidence of a clear effort at a coverup by high-level White House employees. The question would be, what did the President know and when did he know it?

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

Facing a cash crunch, Kamala Harris is shedding campaign staff and cutting spending. This seldom ends well.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

The stage for the sixth Democratic debate in December is likely to be much smaller.

President Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria isn’t receiving much public support.

The first round of polls after last week’s debate has good news for the former Vice-President.

A Federal Court has struck down the President’s diversion of funds for his border wall.

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

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

With twelve Democrats set to clash tonight in Ohio, it’s time to take a look at the state of the race.

Barry Goldwater saw what the so-called “religious right” would become decades ago.

With the ongoing Ukraine scandal having an impact in Washington and Kyiv, the biggest winner is in Moscow.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

Donald Trump is now committing his crimes in public.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

The time for coddling the candidates polling below 5% is over.

The latest allegations about exactly what the President may have been trying to do in a phone call with a foreign leader that caught the attention of a whistleblower are becoming more serious by the day.

While some 135 House Democrats have endorsed impeaching the President, most other Democrats on Capitol Hill are not supporting the idea. And neither is Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward on impeachment. Sort of.

Can the media fairly parse the statements of those running against President ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’?

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

Republicans managed to pull off a narrow win in North Carolina yesterday, but they shouldn’t be celebrating.

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

The so-called “rebel alliance’ in the House of Commons continues to stack up wins against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but Johnson could still win in the end.

As the race for the Democratic nomination heads into the fall, it looks as if it has already winnowed itself down to a top three.

The map shows the flaws of the Electoral College

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

Two new polls released today indicate that earlier suggestions that the race for the Democratic nomination had shifted were incorrect.

A new poll shows Joe Biden dropping significantly among national Democrats to the point where he is effectively tied with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts could be facing a big challenge in 2020.

Joe Biden continues to lead the Democratic field but Elizabeth Warren has slipped into second while Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris appear to be slipping.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

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

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel from the Second Circuit has reinstated Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.