Outside the Beltway

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

A gross miscarriage of justice.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

The Western sphere widens.

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

The “interference with the administration of justice” enhancement was wrongly applied.

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

A poll on Israeli support.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

Our limited attention spans.

Congress is doing something, at least.

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

James LaPorta is being scapegoated for poor editorial process.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

Candidate quality can matter.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

A precision drone strike on a balcony in Kabul took out a longtime nemesis.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.