Outside the Beltway

If the United Kingdom does go through with Brexit, it could lead to an existential crisis for the United Kingdom itself.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

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.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who was arrested earlier this summer on sex trafficking and abuse charges, has died of what appears to be a suicide in his jail cell.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

While the scope of Federal power has expanded beyond the ken of the Framers, this is not an example.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

Last night, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Mexico for reasons that have nothing to do with trade itself.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.

There are many things to dislike about the Democratic socialist from Vermont. Hypocrisy isn’t among them.

The House has passed legislation that would extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act to LGBT Americans, but it is probably doomed in the Senate.

The Trump Administration’s policies toward Iran aren’t going to work, but that’s because they aren’t supposed to work.

Stephen Moore, who has been nominated to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board by President Trump. has a history of controversial remarks about women.

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

The Supreme Court has agreed to accept a group of cases dealing with the issue of whether or not existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

It’s reasonable and just to adjust our outrage based on the context of the time when incidents occurred.

One of the strongest climate regulations in the country is almost certainly unconstitutional.

Eight years after it was signed into law, a Federal Judge has ruled the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

Protests that have killed four and injured hundreds have been rewarded and show no sign of ending.

The Scots want to stop Brexit, but it’s not clear they have the power to stop it.

Fear-mongering of various types on full display.

President Trump got his revised version of NAFTA, but Canadians are less positive about the United States than they have been in at least twenty years.

President Trump claims that November will see a “red wave” rather than the “blue wave” that most analysts are expecting. There’s no evidence to support his hypothesis.

The target is not just on illegal immigrants.

A Pennsylvania Grand Jury report reveals decades of abuse by some 300 Catholic Priests impacting more than 1,000 children and 26 of the state’s Roman Catholic Diocese.

Deficits continue to rise.

The President was up late last night sending an incredibly over-the-top tweet directed at Iran.

A Federal Judge has rejected a Trump Administration effort to change a 20-year-old legal settlement that bars long-term detention of immigrant families.

A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.

The Administration is going to unveil a plan for a major reorganization of government agencies today.

Trump supporters seeking to justify the Trump Administration’s family separation policy are drawing a false, and baseless, equivalence between immigrant families and people who have been convicted of crimes.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is hinting she might try to revive a Scottish independence vote in the wake of Brexit. That’s easier said than done.

Don’t look for a Trump agenda for the rest of the year. It doesn’t exist.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban. It didn’t appear to go well for the challengers.