Outside the Beltway

President Trump is apparently a Hurricane Maria Truther.

Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper beat back a challenge from a ‘progressive” challenger in Thursday’s primary.

After four days of hearings, the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems assured.

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.

The latest reports about the circumstances surrounding the payoff to Stormy Daniels could pose big problems for Michael Cohen and his client.

Republican Troy Balderson holds a narrow lead in a Special Election in Ohio. Even if he wins, though, the way this election played out does not bode well for the GOP in November.

A Special Election tomorrow in suburban Columbus, Ohio could tell us a lot about where the midterm elections might be headed.

A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.

There are twice as many suicides as homicides in America.

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

The facts in the Stormy Daniels affair continue to move in a direction that doesn’t look good for the President.

Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but it’s unlikely to go anywhere beyond that.

For better or worse, Mike Pompeo will be confirmed as the 70th Secretary of State by the end of this week.

Despite facing headwinds in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mike Pompeo will probably be confirmed as the next Secretary of State. That’s unfortunate.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.

Stormy Daniels is talking to the Feds

A woman who was at the center of one of the most important Supreme Court cases in American history has died at the age of 75.

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.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

NRO’s David French offers “A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider.”

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

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.

And a little Electoral College for good measure.

As the Federal Government shutdown moves into the work week, there are some rumors of a possible deal, but nothing concrete and the lack of trust between the two parties could make a deal hard to achieve.

President Trump called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the legislative filibuster to resolve the government shutdown. That’s not going to happen.

House and Senate Republicans say they have reached agreement on a final tax bill, and Democrats are engaging in an effort to delay a vote in the Senate until Doug Jones can be seated.

The Supreme Court heard argument today in a case challenging a 1992 law barring sports gambling in all but a handful of states, and the Justices appeared skeptical of the law.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly publicly defended the President’s call to a military widow yesterday, but he got several facts wrong in the process.

Now Donald Trump is using the death of American soldiers to tell lies about his predecessor.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

A complicated concurrence to Steven Taylor’s recent postings.

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

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

Donald Trump Jr. spoke yesterday with Senate investigators, and his answers raise more questions than they answer.

It’s not the time away from the White House that matters, it’s the hypocrisy.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch even as it became inevitable that Republicans would be forced to invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to confirm him to the Supreme Court.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.

The death penalty appears to be effectively dead in Delaware thanks to a decision by the State Supreme Court.

As expected, Hillary Clinton went with the ‘safe’ choice, and has selected Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch will essentially recuse herself from making a decision about indictments in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server.

Regrets, he’s had a few…….

Another big night for Hillary Clinton, and more bad news for Bernie Sanders.