Outside the Beltway

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg laid out his foreign policy platform in a speech this week. It’s certainly an improvement over the current President.

This time on Venezuela

It’s still way too early to be predictive, but the latest head-to-head matches between the President and the top contenders for the Democratic nomination.

Boris Johnson is one step closer to becoming the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The lineups for the first Democratic debate of the 2020 season are set but some candidates are likely to be unhappy.

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

The Democratic-controlled House has settled on the worst possible option.

Totally respectful, am I right?

A trio of new polls shows Elizabeth Warren slipping past Bernie Sanders into second place in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination

The participants for the two-night opening debate of the 2020 campaign season have been announced, and the candidates who were excluded aren’t happy.

Texas has become the latest state to eliminate red-light cameras amid increasing evidence that they are largely counterproductive.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

How much sacrifice in our consumer culture is it worth to save the planet?

Happy Friday.

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

We all know the Internet broke the monopoly on classified advertising. Here’s the rest of the story.

Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr’s defense of campaign law violations against him suffered a big setback yesterday when his wife and co-Defendant entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors.

For 2020, Kansas Democrats are making some interesting changes to how they will have a say in he race for the Democratic nomination.

Expanding on events that have been going on for months, two oil tankers were attacked today near the entrance to the Persian Gulf

Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump during the campaign and in the White House, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

Beginning tomorrow in a British courtroom, the United States will begin the process of having Julian Assange extradited to the United States to face espionage and other charges.

President Trump says that he would not spy on a rival regime like North Korea, once again making one wonder where his loyalties lie.

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

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

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

Protests in Hong Kong as police unleashed tear gas on protesters and authorities delayed a vote on a controversial extradition law.

The President is once again claiming Executive Privilege to prevent Congress from getting access to certain documents.

A quadrennial reminder.

There isn’t a lot of legislating going on.

Amusing results, and a history lesson, in a new poll

A new poll shows the former Vice-President leading Senator Elizabeth Warren in her home state.

With the Trump Administration continuing to stonewall investigations, the House of Representatives is seeking to ramp up the pressure.

Almost eighteen years after the greatest terrorist attack on our country, we haven’t taken care of those who risked it all.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.

The tree that President Trump and French President Macron planted last year has died.

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

Is it really such a bad thing when a politician changes a long-help position on a political issue?

Donald Trump continues to lie at a record pace. Does anyone care?

The politics is understandable but the result is damaging to the country.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is being accused of giving preferential access to businesses and businessmen tied to her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

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

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

President Trump’s tariffs are having a noticeable, and negative, impact on global economies. The President doesn’t seem to care.

It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.

The current economic recovery turns ten years old this month, but it can’t last forever.

As the Supreme Court enters the final weeks of its term, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hints at deep divisions and disappointment for people on the left.

Protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday over proposed change to the city’s extradition laws.

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.