Outside the Beltway

The government is shut down and Washington is playing the usual blame game. In reality, there’s plenty of blame to go around, and one of the guilty parties is the American people.

House and Senate Republicans say they have reached agreement on a final tax bill, and Democrats are engaging in an effort to delay a vote in the Senate until Doug Jones can be seated.

As I’ve said before, the Republican Party in the Trump Era has become the party of Trumpaloons, sycophants, sellouts, and cowards.

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

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.

The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson spoke out about the death of her husband and the controversy over the phone call she received from President Trump. And Trump proceeded to attack her and call her a liar.

Another poll shows the vast majority of Americans want Congress to act to help the people covered by DACA.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

Notwithstanding his promises during the campaign, President Trump seems likely to go forward with sanctions reductions required under the nuclear deal with Iran.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

With the Administration’s six-month point approaching, Donald Trump continues to lag in the polls.

Most Americans believe that President Trump has been actively trying to block the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation

Only 28% of Americans support President Trump’s decision to back out of the Paris Accord, but it’s not clear that this will harm him politically.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.

As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump continues to suffer from bad poll numbers.

Judge Gorsuch is now Justice Gorsuch and it’s time to hit the ground running.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

Stephen Miller said something very stupid on “Meet The Press” this morning.

Nice work, Mr. President.

Her numbers are steady; he’s reclaiming Republican voters.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

Apparently, even people who support Donald Trump don’t believe his claim that he can get Mexico to pay for his border wall.

Another poll shows that Latino voters are set to reject Donald Trump in record numbers, and now they’re turning against the GOP.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

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

Donald Trump has spent more time recently attacking the news media than anything else. He ought to be condemned for it.

The first round of post-convention polls is now complete, and it’s not looking good for The Donald.

Donald Trump continues to be Donald Trump. Which is quickly turning into a political disaster.

Of course Donald Trump responded to a Gold Star Father in the worst possible way.

A look at the state of the race before the two party conventions begin.

A new poll suggests that the decision not to bring charges related to her use of a private email server will likely have only a minimal impact on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Hillary Clinton’s extreme carelessness with classified information probably won’t cost her the election, but it should.

As President Obama starts campaigning for Hillary Clinton, a perennial question arises.

Donald Trump has had a bad June, and it’s showing in the poll numbers.

It’s still early in the cycle, but Donald Trump’s poll numbers are already historically bad.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

A new poll shows that public opinion about Donald Trump is at the lowest point its been since he entered the race. That bodes poorly for Trump, and for the the political party that has chosen to nominate him for President.

Republican insiders are apparently still looking at ways to stop Donald Trump at a convention. It’s far too late for that, guys.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

The two men most likely to win the Republican nomination aren’t very well liked outside the Republican Party.

Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sander last night in South Carolina, pushing the race further down the path that leads to an inevitable outcome.