Outside the Beltway

Eleven states plus DC, who have 172 of the 270 electoral votes needed to elect a President, are now part of the compact.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but it’s unlikely to go anywhere beyond that.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

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

Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.

Andrew McCabe, fired for a “lack of candor,” ordered an investigation of the Attorney General for a “lack of candor.”

The near-impossible happened last night, demonstrating why March Madness is the most exciting and most absurd way to pick a champion.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

The Federal Government has fired another shot in the ongoing war over so-called “sanctuary cities.”

The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Federal laws against marijuana use and possession.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

With just hours to go, it seems increasingly unlikely that the Senate can reach a deal to keep the government open.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch even as it became inevitable that Republicans would be forced to invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

Next week’s big news is likely to be the Senate’s vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, which could mean invocation of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ by Senate Republicans.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

A new head for the DNC at a time when the Democratic Party finds itself reeling and eager to take on Donald Trump.

While hardly the most compelling argument against an archaic institution, yesterday’s silliness was noteworthy.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

The fight for marijuana legalization advances in California.

With the lone exception of Bill Clinton in 1996, Arizona hasn’t gone for a Democrat since 1948. That streak could end this year.

With twenty-one days to go until Election Day, things are looking very good for Hillary Clinton.

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

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump, something he can ill-afford with less than 100 days left until Election Day.

Hillary Clinton delvers a largely successful acceptance speech that caps off a convention that ran far smoother than its Republican counterpart.

The second night of the Democratic Convention seemed much calmer than the first, as the Clinton campaign moves forward toward the biggest speech of Hillary Clinton’s life.

Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is out as head of the Democratic National Committee after the release of a trove of embarrassing emails.

A look at the state of the race before the two party conventions begin.

Well that took long enough.

Backers of the losing candidate for the Democratic nomination are surprised that they’re not getting their way.

One result from the new NBC News poll shows us how important it is to pay attention to how poll questions are phrased.

Bernie Sanders admitted, finally, that he likely won’t be the nominee.

Bernie Sanders’ refusal to admit that his campaign is over is costing you up to $38,000 per day.