Outside the Beltway

Harlan Ellison, who had a reputation for being as cantankerous as he was a great writer, has died at the age of 84.

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorial cartoonist is out after twenty-five years.

In an early morning Tweetstorm, President Trump said he would not have hired Jeff Sessions if he knew he’d recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Another school shooting, this time in Texas.

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

The Vice-President’s personal physician accused Ronny Jackson of misconduct back in September, according to new reports.

The United States is apparently looking to Libya as a guide for upcoming talks with North Korea. The DPRK most likely sees the fate of that nation and its leader as a warning.

Despite the fact that President Trump’s continues to praise him, Ronny Jackson will not be returning to the White House as the President’s personal physician.

There are reasons to be skeptical about the dawning of a new age on the peninsula.

The White House physician is accused of excessive drinking on the job and improperly dispensing medication among other offenses.

The star of “Night Court” and “Dave’s World” is gone.

President Trump undercut his own Ambassador to the United Nations today by blocking the imposition of new sanctions on Russia.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

New polling shows that public support for several gun control proposals continue to increase in the wake of February’s shooting at a Parkland, Florida High School.

Stormy Daniels spoke to 60 Minutes last night about her relationship with Donald Trump and the agreement that was made on the eve of the 2016 election to keep her quiet.

Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.

New reports indicate that Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen has been involved in efforts to keep Stormy Daniels from telling her story for at least the past seven years.

The near-impossible happened last night, demonstrating why March Madness is the most exciting and most absurd way to pick a champion.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

The Stormy Daniels/Donald Trump story will break open wide on 60 Minutes next weekend.

Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?

By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.

Anderson Cooper has interviewed adult film star Stormy Daniels for 60 Minutes, but lawyers for President Trump are apparently considering legal action to stop the report from airing.

A majority of Americans say their lives are not “disrupted” by the time change. They’re wrong.

A series of scandals at Oxfam and other charitable organizations raise troubling questions.

Another school shooting, this time in Florida.

Donald Trump lies about even the most trivial matters, How are we supposed to believe anything else he says?

The lead story on Yahoo News at the moment, courtesy People magazine (“Robert Wagner Now Considered a ‘Person of Interest’ in Wife Natalie Wood’s Mysterious Death”):

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.

One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.

New York Knicks Center Enes Katner is at the center of an international legal dispute for speaking out against the President of Turkey.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

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

Jim Nabors, who became famous as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, has died at the age of  87.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?

The White House believes that it is ‘inappropriate’ to question Generals. This argument is not only wrong, it’s downright dangerous.

Speaking about his cancer treatment for the first time, Senator John McCain paints a grim picture.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Steve Bannon may be out of the White House, but his efforts to continue pushing President Trump, and the Republican Party, even further to the populist far-right continues.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

No, the deal this week is not Trump becoming an independent.

Authorities are being second-guessed over their handling of Saturday’s protests. Virginia gun laws are the more obvious problem.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.