Outside the Beltway

It was far more compelling than expected.

The laying out of the case begins.

Because of course he did.

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The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases healing with subpoenas for the President’s financial records.

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

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

John Kelly, President Trump’s former Chief of Staff, is speaking out nearly a year after leaving office

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

Boris Johnson seems to be the leader in the race to replace Theresa May as Conservative Party leader. Whether that’s a good thing is another question.

President Trump and the top Democrats in Congress announced a purported $2 trillion infrastructure deal but there’s no reason to believe it will ever become law.

Lock them up.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

President Trump personally overrode the objections of security officials, the White House Counsel, and the Chief of Staff to make sure his son-in-law got a security clearance.

Two months after being named, Heather Nauert withdrew her name as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations due to a ‘Nannygate’ problem.

President Trump’s detailed schedules reveal a man who doesn’t seem to spend a lot of time actually working.

A new report raises an old question that’s now irrelevant.

Under fire from the New York Attorney General, Donald Trump’s questionable charitable foundation is shutting down.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

In news replete with irony, it’s being reported that Ivanka Trump used a private email account to communicate about government business.

Losing the midterms is not going over well with the President.

Take one name out of contention as a potential replacement for Nikki Haley at the United Nations.

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

Washington said farewell to John McCain today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

The Attorney General of New York has filed a Complaint against President Trump and several members of his family alleging widespread fraud in the operation of Trump’s charitable Foundation.

Both President Trump and Ivanka Trump are profiting handsomely from their time in the White House.

A new book reveals President Obama’s initial reaction to Donald Trump’s election, and provides some detail about their first meeting.

Celebrations and a deadly day in the Middle East.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

Donald Trump may be getting ready to act as his own Chief of Staff. That would be a huge mistake.

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

With the Winter Olympics over, the next step on the Korean Peninsula is utterly unclear.

More security clearance problems for the White House.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

Who needs a First Amendment when you have lawyers willing to write threatening letters?

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

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.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

Steve Bannon may be out of the White House, but his efforts to continue pushing President Trump, and the Republican Party, even further to the populist far-right continues.

Another one bites the dust.

President Trump once again revealed his true self at a press conference yesterday.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords was neither the big win his supporters claim nor the disaster his critics fear.

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.