Outside the Beltway

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

Yesterday’s test of the Presidential Alert system went about as planned.

Be prepared to get a test message from the Federal Government at 2:18 pm Eastern Time on Thursday. This is only a test.

In the past, President Trump has threatened to shut down the government if the doesn’t get what he wants in the budget. The latest budget deal effectively dares him to do it.

Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.

A new government report indicates that President Trump’s border wall will cost billions more than initially projected. And Mexico still isn’t going to pay for it.

Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.

After one year at a job that has to be among the most frustrating in Washington, John Kelly has agreed to stay on through the 2020 election.

A Federal Judge has rejected a Trump Administration effort to change a 20-year-old legal settlement that bars long-term detention of immigrant families.

Democrats are rallying around the “Abolish ICE” slogan in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them.

The calls to “Abolish ICE” are spreading to potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Some activists on the left are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. While that may be a great sound bite, it doesn’t really accomplish anything.

The Administration is going to unveil a plan for a major reorganization of government agencies today.

President Trump has reversed the family separation policy and replaced it with a family detention policy. This is likely to lead to Court challenges.

Children are not political bargaining chips, but that’s exactly what this President plans to turn them into.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

President Trump and his supporters are blaming the policy of separating parents and children at the border on Democrats. This is, simply put, a lie.

A Trump Administration policy announced in April has resulted in roughly 2,000 children being taken from their parents at the border.

Longstanding policy that the Justice Department defend an Act of Congress if there is “any reasonable argument” it is constitutional is being ignored.

Echoing the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration is arguing that it did not need Congressional authorization to attack Syria earlier this year.

An inordinate amount of cruelty is being perpetrated in the name of border security. It’s only partly the fault of the current President.

The Trump Administration has lost track of nearly 1,500 children at the same time that it is implementing a new policy that will result in children who arrive at the border with their parents or other family members.

Three Executive Orders signed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday has government employees scrambling.

A new lawsuit seeks to have the 2012 DACA program declared unconstitutional.

President Trump may be looking to push Chief of Staff John Kelly aside by giving him a next to impossible job.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban. It didn’t appear to go well for the challengers.

The Trump Administration has suffered another setback in its efforts to repeal DACA.

After eight months in office, the pressures on Chief of Staff John Kelly continue to mount under a President who cannot be controlled and whose behavior will not change.

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.

The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

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

President Trump’s military parade would come with a not insignificant cost.

Another Federal Judge has placed a hold on President Trump’s order to end DACA.

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.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

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

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

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

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

A month that was highlighted by the capture of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa ends with an apparent lone wolf ISIS-inspired attack in New York City

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

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.