Outside the Beltway

Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.

One of the giants of the progressive blogosphere is going away.

President Trump is delaying implementation of his recently announced tariffs on Chinese goods.

Just over a week after Dan Coats announced he was stepping own as Director of National Intelligence, there are more shakeups at the top of the U.S. intelligence community.

President Trump and the Republican Senate rewarded a top Republican donor with a prized diplomatic appointment.

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?

Despite his claims, President Trump is actually deporting fewer people than were deported under former President Obama.

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.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

Liz Cheney can pretty much write her own political ticket right now.

The President is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent whose identity was outed during the Bush Administration, is running for Congress in New Mexico.

John Fund thinks I am afraid of Stephen Moore (and that I am an economist). He is wrong on both counts.

The office has been vacant for 81 days. President Trump has yet to nominate a replacement.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

President Trump has lost another one of his top advisers on the fight against ISIS.

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

President Trump’s selection to serve as Acting Attorney General does not appear to be Constitutionally authorized to serve in that position.

After a long and contentious battle, Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to become the 114th Supreme Court Justice.

Former President Bush has waded back into politics but don’t expect him to be campaigning for Ted Cruz.

The fact that American officials talked with Venezuelans plotting a coup against the government of their country is a dangerous turn of events.

Thankfully, they chose not to help.

The first day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings was much ado about pretty much nothing, but then that can be used to describe a process whose outcome is pretty much foreordained.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready.

Throughout the War On Terror, John McCain stood out as a strong moral voice against the use of torture against prisoners. For that he deserves the thanks of a grateful nation.

A new poll shows that most Americans believe that race relations have gotten worse under President Trump.

Based on what can only be described as pure vindictiveness, the President is apparently planning on revoking security clearances of former officials who have been outspoken against the Administration and its policies.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.

With the start of the Singapore Summit just hours away, it’s not at all clear what the respective parties can possibly agree to other than what amounts to a photo opportunity.

“Winging it” isn’t how foreign policy should be made.

President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.

May’s jobs report was stronger than the previous two months, but not entirely great.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

After the Ronny Jackson disaster, President Trump has made a new selection for Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

As expected, Gina Haspel was confirmed as C.I.A. Director yesterday despite her controversial record when it comes to torture.

Not surprisingly, the North Koreans are pushing back against American efforts to force them into a corner on denuclearization.

The Leader of the Free World is, sadly, enabling atrocities.