Outside the Beltway

Most don’t even know it passed!

Another example of structural racism.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

Some global comparisons.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

President Trump’s impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.

President Trump is claiming that he could use authority to declare a “national emergency” to build his wall even if Congress doesn’t authorize it.

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

President Trump is apparently a Hurricane Maria Truther.

As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, most people are listening to orders to evacuate, but some people aren’t.

Despite the evidence, the President thinks he did a great job handling a disaster in which nearly 3,000 American citizens died.

A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.

A new study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was much higher than previously reported.

The star of “Night Court” and “Dave’s World” is gone.

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.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

President Obama is being criticized for remaining on vacation while Louisiana deals with historic flooding.

National tragedies, whether man-made or natural disasters, used to bring Americans together. Now they just seem to pull Americans apart.

The unqualified hack who led OPM while China stole 21 million sensitive personnel files has finally resigned.

Viet Xuan Luong pins on a brigadier general’s star today, becoming the first Vietnamese-American officer to achieve that rank.

Just about two years ago, we dodged a bullet. We might not be so lucky next time.

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is the most admired recent President according to a new poll, but his predecessor seems to be underrated.

Ron Fournier sees major similarities but ignores key differences.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

President Obama’s poll numbers seem to be suffering under the weight of nearly two months of scandals and/ media attention.

We’re actually not speculating about who might be running any more than we used to.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

Though still just a Tropical Storm, Isaac has the potential to be as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina.

At some point, however, using the bad actions of the past to justify worse actions in the present has to stop.

There are some glaring omissions from a recent list of television’s “most powerful” moments.

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

Another potential scandal in New Orleans.

A new Iowa polls shows Rick Santorum gaining support. Or does it?

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering