Outside the Beltway

Democrats have pulled the trigger and essentially eliminated the power of superdelegates except in the unlikely event that a nominating convention goes to a second ballot.

The Department of Justice’s Inspector General found that former F.B.I. Director James Comey was ‘insubordinate’ in regard to the Clinton email investigation, but found no evidence of political bias at the Bureau.

President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

One of the most prominent Circuit Courts of Appeal in the nation will begin live-streaming nearly all of their oral arguments.

Michael Cohen once threatened The Onion because it published a satirical article about Donald Trump.

President Trump’s latest financial disclosure finally acknowledges that he reimbursed Michael Cohen for the payoff to buy the silence of Stormy Daniels.

For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.

It’s been 441 days since Donald Trump held a full-fledged Presidential press conference. Does anyone care?

The Commission on College Basketball recommended an end to the one-and-done rule and other major reforms.

The Kim regime has announced the end, for now, of its nuclear and ballistic missile testing programs. To understand why they made this concession, one needs to read between the lines.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

ESPN the Magazine has broken out the slide rule to rank the top athletes during its first two decades.

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

It may be time for transparency on pay structures so employees know what others in comparable positions are making.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

A German court has ruled that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” does not require search engines to verify sites are free from malicious content before listing them.

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

Israeli police have recommended that charges be brought against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whether that damages him politically remains to be seen.

Donald Trump has blocked the release of a memo prepared by House Intelligence Committee Democrats to rebut the Nunes memo. It’s hard not to see this as a blatantly partisan move.

Imagine a world where Hillary Clinton was President and stood accused of the same things Donald Trump and his campaign are currently under investigation for.

It’s been seven years since Congress eliminated earmarking, and what we’ve seen has provided good evidence for the argument that it should never have been eliminated.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

Donald Trump has basically declared war on the people who blocked the AHCA from passing last week.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

Clinton stumbles and leaves an event early, leading to the news that her campaign has been withholding health information from the press.

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

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.

One down. How many more to go?

The F.B.I. seems to be looking in to just how secure. Hillary Clinton’s private email server was while she was Secretary of State.

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

We have unreasonable expectations for airlines.

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act

The Clinton Foundation has disclosed that there were $26 million in donations that it had failed to disclose while Hillary was Secretary of State.

President Obama is taking steps to reduce police militarization, but there’s much more that needs to be done.

Lindsey Graham says that, if elected president, he would summarily kill anyone thinking about joining ISIS.

Director of National Intelligence now tells Congress that he testified falsely about NSA spying because he forgot the program existed.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

Hillary Clinton’s political and personal baggage is likely to be a bigger problem for her than whomever her Republican opponent ends up being.

An attack on al Qaeda outposts in January resulted in the death of two hostages, but also resulted in the death of two high value al Qaeda targets.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.