Outside the Beltway

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

I know it when I see it.

More on an ongoing saga.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

The game is the game.

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

It appears a shutdown has been averted after all.

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

A short-term win for creatives and a longer-term loss?

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

The inmates are running the asylum.

A shutdown may be averted after all.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

“You can’t be against everything.”

A truly bizarre vote.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

Academic performance has fallen to the lowest level in decades.

Do you believe in miracles?

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

It took more than 24 hours but traffic is moving again.

Three dollars and change at the pump. The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

The idiocy continues.

A recurring farce that does real damage.

This is no way to run a railroad.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

His tantrum stopped checks over the weekend but Congress called his bluff.

First whining about losing, now whining about legislation. (And creating chaos along the way).

A very low-spoilers review.

Another sign of the dissent of the GOP into madness.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

More dominoes are falling. They won’t be the last.

A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.

Biden’s polling lead over Trump is historically stable.

A report outlining steps for re-opening the economy in the wake of COVID-19 has been leaked to the press.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

Some inchorent musings about a massive question.