Outside the Beltway

House Republicans put forward a plan to protect DACA beneficiaries, but President Trump appears to have doomed it already.

Two months ago, the President called on states to send National Guard troops to the border. As expected, they’re not guarding the border.

Donald Trump continues to claim that Mexico will pay for his still non-existent border wall. Mexico says otherwise.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.

A small group of Senators is engaged in a seemingly quixotic effort to save DACA before the election.

The effort by a group of Republican rebels to force a vote on a DACA bill is moving closer to success, but that may end up being the easy part.

Don’t look for a Trump agenda for the rest of the year. It doesn’t exist.

A small group of Republican rebels in the House are attempting to push legislation protecting DACA beneficiaries to a floor vote. Unfortunately, they’re not likely to succeed.

President Trump has told an astonishingly large number of lies since taking office.

More signs of tension between President Trump and his Chief of Staff.

French President Emmanuel Macron predicts, correctly, that President Trump will pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran for the worst possible reasons. This will be a disaster for America’s national interests.

Hillary Clinton isn’t running for anything in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from running against her.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

In the wake of the latest attack on Syria, some of the President’s strongest supporters seem shocked to discover that the unprincipled egomaniac they supported is, in fact, an unprincipled egomaniac.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

In a bizarre Twitter rant, President Trump declared a DACA deal “dead,” blaming Democrats when it’s clear that it’s largely his fault.

Fourteen months into his presidency, he has no idea how the federal budget works.

Congress passed a funding bill to avert a shutdown with time to spare early this morning, but now the President is threatening a veto.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

The Supreme Court has declined an invitation to intervene early in the legal arguments surrounding DACA.

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

The prospects for extending legal protections for DACA beneficiaries are getting grimmer by the day.

The prospect for a fix to help DACA beneficiaries is looking gloomier than ever.

A bipartisan group of Senators has proposed a largely reasonable fix to the DACA problem, but its fate remains unclear.

One of the main objections that many on the right seem to have to proposals to legalize DACA beneficiaries and other illegal immigrants is the idea that they could eventually become citizens. There’s no good reason they shouldn’t be able to do so.

The Judge presiding over a case dealing with Trump’s proposed border wall expressed doubts about the project. The President will no doubt be irked by the identity of that Judge.

WaPo is overhyping things a bit.

A new poll indicates that most Americans support a DACA deal, but don’t think it should be linked to measures to avoid a government shutdown.

Congress seems no closer to a DACA deal than they were in January.

In addition to deadlines on the Federal Budget and DACA, Congress also has to deal with the debt ceiling at some point in the next month.

The President talked about national unity last night, but given his own rhetoric as a candidate and as a President, it’s a call that seems to be hypocritical.

The White House’s immigration plan is facing opposition in both chambers of Congress from moderate and conservative Republicans alike.

The prospects for a deal in Congress on DACA are starting to look grim.

Less than a day after the President appeared to make a major concession regarding DACA, the White House has thrown a monkey wrench into the whole process.

Getting to a DACA deal isn’t going to be easy.

While final votes remain to be taken, the Federal Government shutdown effectively ended this afternoon with an overwhelming bipartisan vote to reopen the government, combined with a commitment from Republicans to consider a DACA bill over the next three weeks. What happens next, though, is entirely uncertain.

With less than two days to go, the prospects for Congress finding a way to prevent a government shutdown aren’t looking good.

With only days to go, Congress seems unable to come up with either a funding deal for the Federal Government or a solution to the DACA issue.

A Federal Judge has put a hold on the impending end of the DACA program.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

President Trump has formally endorsed an accused child molester for the United States Senate.

A not guilty verdict in a case that Donald Trump turned into a political issue.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could end up having an impact on the race for Virginia Governor.

Yet another lawsuit against yet another controversial Trump Administration policy.