Outside the Beltway

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

Not surprisingly, the North Koreans are pushing back against American efforts to force them into a corner on denuclearization.

Travis Reinking shot four people dead in Nashville over the weekend with a gun that he wasn’t supposed to have access to. Thanks to what seem to be loopholes in existing gun laws, he had one anyway.

Late last week, Hawaii became the seventh state and eighth major American jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide.

A blog post and resulting Twitter exchange point to a larger problem in our political dialog.

Not surprisingly, John Bolton has some links to particularly shady people on the right.

A disturbing report in the Miami Herald highlights the farce into which this trial has descended.

John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.

President Trump is pressing the idea of arming teachers to stop shootings in schools.

NRO’s David French offers “A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider.”

Expecting North Korea to agree to diplomatic talks that are aimed at getting rid of their nuclear weapons is asking for the impossible, and ensuring there will be no progress on the diplomatic front for the foreseeable future.

The rise of ‘car sharing’ services has greatly benefitted consumers but had a devastating effect on taxi drivers.

In May, Irish voters will vote on a referendum to remove the near-universal ban on abortion in the nation’s Constitution. And it looks as though it will pass.

A horrible terror attack in Egypt.

Things are heating up very quickly in Catalonia.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

The capital of the purported caliphate declared by ISIS has apparently fallen, but that doesn’t mean the end of ISIS. In fact, it may make the group more dangerous.

Former N.F.L. player, and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez suffered from a severe case of C.T.E. at the time of his death according to a post-mortem brain study.

In a marked departure from previous American Presidents, Donald Trump delivered a highly belligerent speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.

The London subway was hit by a bomb during the morning rush hour. Authorities are treating it as a terrorist attack.

Absent significant changes, expecting normal diplomatic relationships with the DPRK is a pipe dream.

President Trump’s reaction to the terror attack in Spain included an easily debunked lie about one of America’s most decorated Generals.

A Massachusetts teenager faces 20 years in prison for contributing to her boyfriend’s suicide via text message.

Great Britain heads to the polls today.

Another night of terror in the United Kingdom.

A night of carnage and depravity in the United Kingdom.

As usual, an attempt to explain congressional behavior brings us back to the issue of our basic institutions. The way we elect congress matters.

By the barest of margins, the House passed its bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, but the future of that bill is highly uncertain.

When a prominent political scientist committed suicide yesterday, I was deeply struck by how much he was like not only me but most of the people in my professional circle.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.

Two Republican Senators are introducing legislation that would result in drastic reductions in the number of people allowed into the country legally.

With a relatively smooth announcement, Donald Trump has named a solid and qualified conservative who will likely be confirmed to the nation’s highest court.

Another television icon has passed away.

The mystery of what happened aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 may remain at the bottom of the Indian Ocean forever.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.

One of the last survivors of Israel’s founding generation has passed away.

A late night attack at a shopping mall, and a suspect still at large have raised tensions in Seattle.

A night of terror mars Bastille Day celebrations in France.

The wave of Ramadan attacks continues, including a strike near the second holiest site in Islam.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.