Outside the Beltway

It burns.

With hours to go before they were set to start. the President delayed the mass deportation raids that were supposed to begin this morning.

The latest is about deportations

A Florida Woman is being charged with felony burglary after breaking into her estranged husband’s apartment to seize his guns and give them to the police.

Trump and Iran.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

Following through on a threat made by the President earlier this week, immigration authorities are reportedly planning mass raids aimed primarily at immigrant families starting tomorrow.

Another woman has accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her some 20 years ago.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

Despite his claims, President Trump is actually deporting fewer people than were deported under former President Obama.

Just days after being named the next Acting Secretary of Defense, the President is appointing Mark Esper to be full Secretary of Defense.

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s sex offender registry violates due process protections in the state and Federal Constitutions.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

Happy Friday.

The fight to determine the leader of the Conservative Party, and the next British Prime Minister, is down to two candidates, but there’s one clear favorite.

The planes were apparently in the air, and the ships in position, for an American attack on Iran last night. Then the order to pull back came in.

The Supreme Court ruled that a World War One memorial that had been on public grounds for 70 years can stay where it is.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal by a Republican Senator to ban flag burning.

As if the situation in the Persian Gulf weren’t already tense enough, the Iranians shot down an American reconnaissance drone late yesterday

Democrats are trying to rein in President Trump. It won’t work.

Not surprisingly, the President’s opening speech of the 2020 campaign was filed with lies.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

The Supreme Court declined to rule on the merits in a case dealing with a Oregon baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception.

As Conservative MP’s continue winnowing down the list of candidates for party leader, Boris Johnson remains the overwhelming leader. However, a surprise challenger may be on his heels.

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Virginia House of Delegates to overturn a Federal Court ruling that the state’s district lines constituted gerrymandering by race. But they didn’t rule on the merits of the appeal.

The Justice Department has released a memo attempting to justify the Administration’s refusal to comply with a subpoena for the President;’s tax returns. Their argument is weak to say the least.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

Patrick Shanahan is out as nominee to be Secretary of Defense after questions were raised during his background investigation.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

While the world is largely focused on the much larger trade war with China, the United States is engaged in a similar battle with a nation that ought to be a natural ally.

Hospital phone lines are being overwhelmed.

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf as the Iran war hawks seem to be winning the battle for the President’s support.

The Supreme Court has ruled to keep the long-standing “dual sovereigns” exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause in place.

Benjamin Netanyahu named a town that doesn’t exist, and most probably will never exist, after the President of the United States.

A new poll finds increasing support for transgender rights, even among Republicans.

Maine has become the eighth state to pass a law allowing terminally ill the choice to bring their lives to a dignified end.

Not only are we deploying it more slowly than China and others but we’re doing it in a way that will live behind rural Americans.

If Hong Kong’s leaders thought protesters would be satisfied with relatively minor concessions, they have significantly miscalculated the situation.

Where you can’t be off-topic because there IS no topic.

Four years ago, Donald Trump began his campaign for President. What has followed has been as bad as could have been predicted that day.

Just fire the pollster.

A new report suggests that the Chinese movie-going market will surpass the American market in 2020.

A new report in The New York Times raises both national security and Constitutional concerns.

An idea that’s both long overdue and problematic.

Today’s edition of “I Am Not Making This Up,”

In the wake of massive protests, Hong Kong’s government begins to back away from support for a controversial extradition bill.

Bret Stephens (and others) are overreacting.