Outside the Beltway

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

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?

Top White House staffers were preparing to fire several troublesome figures at once when the President suddenly upended the plan.

Republicans on Capitol Hill worried about all the leaking coming from the Trump White House would be wise to actually do the oversight the Constitution compels them to do.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal is suing the publisher of the National Enquirer for the right to tell her story of an alleged affair with President Trump in 2006.

A state trial court Judge in New York has ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed in Manhattan against President Trump can go forward.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

A gadfly candidate who has denied the truth of the Holocaust won a GOP primary in Illinois because nobody ran against him.

Breitbart News appears to be fading in terms of readership, but the alt-right politics it represents is not going away.

President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Nigerian terrorist group has released an unknown number of the 110 girls kidnapped from a boarding school last month.

Repeated studies have demonstrated their bias against women and minorities. Why do we use them to make employment decisions?

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

Sometimes, it’s all in the framing.

I hope Ben Carson has a comfortable couch at home.

Mississippi has passed a law that seems designed to directly challenge the underpinnings of Roe v. Wade.

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

A feel-good story is unlikely to have a happy ending.

Joseph E. diGenova has touted the theory that rogue FBI elements have tried to frame Trump in the Russia probe.

The head of the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation admitted yesterday that the committee was never focused on any potential evidence of collusion.

It may be time for transparency on pay structures so employees know what others in comparable positions are making.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

The special counsel may be moving beyond the 2016 campaign and into post-election obstruction of justice.

A D.C. lawmaker latches on to an insane conspiracy theory.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

Lawfare provides a balanced piece on the firing of Andrew McCabe.

Attorneys for the Defendants in the lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels, including the President, have removed the case to Federal Court and are claiming that Daniels owes $20 million for her alleged breaches of a settlement agreement.

Less than 24 hours after the McCabe firing, the president’s attorney explicitly connects the move to the Mueller probe.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

H.R. McMaster appears to be on the way out as National Security Adviser. The important question is, who replaces him?

Lizbeth Mateo, an attorney and immigrant rights activist, will serve on a California board helping disadvantaged students.

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

The selection of Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State makes it more likely that President Trump will take the foolish and dangerous step of withdrawing the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran.

According to one insider, “There’s no leadership, no trust, no direction and this point there’s very little hope.”

Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?

The nominations of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel could be in trouble in the Senate.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Yet another example of the foolishness of having firearms in the schoolhouse.

Congress is no closer to a resolution of the DACA fix than it was earlier this year.

Students across the country are staging 17-minute protests at 10 am in their time zones.