Outside the Beltway

The European Union has approved the final Brexit deal negotiated with Theresa May’s government, but the final chapter has yet to be written.

It’s been a month since Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey. The Saudis are continuing to lie about it, and the Trump White House is letting them get away with it.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

Congressman Keith Ellison appears to be falling behind in the race to be Minnesota’s next Attorney General.

Another example of just how imperfect our system of justice can be.

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

RIP. Queen Of Soul

A new study claims voter ID laws may disenfranchise the demographic, potentially swinging several Congressional races.

There was a time when Mike Pence believed that a President’s personality morality and trustworthiness mattered. He clearly doesn’t believe that anymore.

A new recording of a conversation between Donald Trump and his one-time attorney/”fixer” Michael Cohen appears to put the President in a more difficult position than he has already been in.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information about abortion.

Rest in Peace, Lois Lane.

Michael Cohen will invoke his rights under the Fifth Amendment in response to any questions asked in discovery in the civil suit filed against him by Stormy Daniels. That’s really the only option he has.

A Federal Judge is allowing a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is improperly benefiting from business being done at the hotel in Washington, D.C. bearing his name to go forward.

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 Rob Porter story, which is quickly becoming the Rob Porter scandal, tells us a lot about the Trump White House, and none of it is good.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

A Judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the President based on two provisions of the Constitution that had never been ruled on before.

The charges against Roy Moore continue to mount as national Republicans continue to push back against him.

Another mass shooting.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

A gunman opened fire on a crowd of over 20,000 people in Las Vegas, and the results have been predictably horrific.

With his sentencing, the strange, strange saga of Anthony Weiner has come to an end. What a strange and wild ride it has been.

Great Britain heads to the polls today.

Trump’s decision to retain outside counsel is not surprising. Whether he will listen to Kasowitz any more than he appears to be listening to his White House advisers, of course, is an entirely different question.

Roger Moore, who played James Bond for a longer period and in more films than any other actor to date, has died at the age of 89.

The Anthony Weiner saga comes to an ignominious end.

A political surprise in Great Britain as Prime Minister Theresa May calls a snap election for June 8th.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

The President’s choice for Labor Secretary withdrew his name from consideration yesterday, but this is just the latest example of what has been a transition that has largely consisted of fumble after fumble by the Trump team.

It is Trump’s party now. Impeachment is not coming.

Another television icon has passed away.

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

As expected, Marco Rubio easily won the primary for his Senate seat. The General Election battle, though, promises to be more difficult.

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

A music legend has passed at far too young an age.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

We will have a two party system for the foreseeable future.

To a large degree, the narrative you believe will govern the 2016 elections depend on which party you want to see win. But what’s the most likely outcome?

It’s easy to see what Greece thinks it still needs Europe, it’s more of puzzle why Europe thinks it needs to hang on to Greece.

An important tenet of the internet is “don’t read the comments.” Well, I have violated that rule of late–which means more musings on the symbols of the CSA.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

The final episode airs tonight. How will Matt Weiner will wrap it up?

Alec MacGillis argues for Slate that “Veterans Should Pay Taxes Like Everyone Else.” I agree!