Outside the Beltway

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

A case that should never have made it to the Supreme Court.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

96 percent of the delegates have yet to be awarded. How can the race be down to two?

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

He’s campaigning in her home state and Amy Klobuchar’s, too. And may win both.

Lee Boyd Malvo may be eligible for parole in two years.

There’s no way to catch him in a six-candidate field.

Speaking of xenophobia.

Competing in fourteen states plus overseas territories in one day is expensive.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

The real scandal isn’t the price tag but the beneficiary.

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

A legendary newsman has passed.

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

Another one bites the dust.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the PPACA”s individual mandate unconstitutional but left the fate of the rest of the law unresolved.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a Mississippi law that banned nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.

Two Federal Courts have blocked the Administration from diverting Defense Department funds to pay for the President’s border wall

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

Especially Senate inaction.

A new poll finds that a strong majority of Americans support life in prison instead of the death penalty.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

Smugglers are getting over and through Trump’s border wall with material you can buy at your local Home Depot.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

Beto O;Rourke finally faces reality.

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

A custody case out of Texas raises issues about how to react to and treat a child who identifies as a gender different from their biological sex.

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.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

The officer involved in the shooting death of a woman in Fort Worth, Texas has been charged with murder.

Another police shooting of an innocent African-American. This time in Fort Worth, Texas.