Outside the Beltway

The former #2 official at the FBI is trying to sell a book.

Most Americans oppose the idea of the President using a “national emergency” to get funding for his border wall. Will that matter to him?

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

Jeff Flake says he won’t be running against President Trump in 2020, but there may be others.

As the shutdown continues, the President’s political position is becoming weaker. He doesn’t seem to care, though.

As the shutdown goes on, the polls are getting worse for the President.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

President Trump is offering to change his ‘concrete wall’ with a ‘steel barrier’ in what he apparently things is a compromise.

As 2018 draws to a close, there’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

The Senate overwhelmingly passed major reforms in Federal sentencing and related laws. As the name of the bill implies, it’s a first step, but a good first step.

As Washington heads into the final days of a budget shutdown, Republicans find themselves on the losing end of a public relations battle.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

With the election over, New York’s junior Senator seems to have changed her mind about running for President.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.

At least eight people are dead in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Just days after appearing to condone donning blackface in the style of a 19th Century minstrel show, Megyn Kelly is out at NBC News.

Donald Trump is talking about a tax cut that appears to exist only in his own mind.

With three weeks to go until Election Day, it’s looking like we’ll end up with a Congress divided between Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate.

Donald Trump is a coward and an apologist for evil around the world.

With four weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump and the Republicans are continuing to stoke the divisions laid bare by the Kavanaugh nomination.

The Merrick Garland precedent is power politics, nothing more.

Beto O’Rourke isn’t eager to get Barack Obama’s endorsement, but there’s a good reason why.

At least for the moment, the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be helping Republicans rally their base for November. The question is whether it will last after the fight is over.

The legal troubles for Tesla’s Elon Musk just got a lot more serious.

After a day of political pressure, Senate Republicans have agreed to hold a hearing regarding the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh next week.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

The #MeToo movement brings down the head of a Fortune 500 company.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready.

Iconic Broadway legend Neil Simon, who was responsible for hits such as “The Odd Couple, has died at the age of 91.

ESPN won’t air the National Anthem before regular season games this year, but that probably won’t stop the President from ranting about it.

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

As much as we hate paying $200 a month for television, the future is likely going to be worse.

Make it so!

A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.

President Trump is suggesting he may force a government shutdown over his immigration policies just a month before the midterm elections.

One of the biggest names in Hollywood stands accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women in yet another ground-breaking report by Ronan Farrow.

Donald Trump wants a flashier looking Air Force One. What could possibly go wrong?

For example, Turkey’s Erdogan.

Three new polls show that Republicans basically agree with the leader of their party when it comes to the issue of Russian interference in American elections.

Despite Republican hopes, the tax cuts passed by Congress in December are not manifesting themselves in increased wages.

Even if all he gets out of the Helsinki Summit is a handshake and a photograph, Vladimir Putin has already won.

In November, Michigan voters will be able to make their state the tenth state to legalize marijuana. This is just the latest step in what seems to be an irreversible trend.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

More evidence that North Korea isn’t living up to the promises it made in Singapore.