Outside the Beltway

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

The White House claims to want to talk to Iran but the President’s actions make clear that negotiation is the furthest thing from his mind.

Two youngish Rhodes Scholars turned mayors are getting covered differently.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.

President Trump’s foreign policy has largely been a failure, and there are specific reasons why.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Right now, polling indicates that the American public is reluctant to support impeachment of the President but it’s possible that could change.

The problem is with our politics, not our institutions.

Other than confirming a lot of Trump Judges, the Senate has not been getting much work done so far this year.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted to issue a subpoena the President’s tax returns, but whether it will ever see them is unclear.

The President is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

Patrick Shanahan, who has been serving as Acting Defense Secretary since James Mattis left in December, is being selected to replace Mattis in that position.

Two weeks into his campaign, Joe Biden continues to build an impressive lead in polling at the state and national levels.

While he campaigned on a message of restraint, Donald Trump has largely adopted the interventionist foreign policies of his predecessors.

The Trump Administration is taking an unnecessarily militaristic approach toward Iran, and that poses real dangers for the country and for the Middle East.

The New York Times has obtained about ten years worth of Donald Trump’s tax returns from the late eighties to early nineties. They don’t tell us much that we didn’t already know.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

California is the latest state to try to force all Presidential candidates, including the President, to release their tax returns as a condition for getting on the ballot. It’s not at all clear that this is permitted under the Constitution.

Recent poll numbers suggest that the President is vulnerable in the part of the country that assured his Electoral College victory in 2020, but Democrats are going to have to work hard to flip these states.

Despite poll numbers suggesting otherwise, one political analyst suggests that the United States may not be “ready” for a gay President.

Jack Goldsmith pushed back on “over the top” reaction to the AG’s handling of the Mueller report.

There’s a lot of talk right now about “electability.” but what the heck does it mean?

The IRS is outgunned.

Republicans have aborted President Trump’s lofty plan for a $2 trillion infrastructure deal just days after it was conceived.

The former Kentucky coal executive, Republican fundraiser, and Ambassador to Canada would replace Nikki Haley in what used to be a position dominated by more experienced diplomats.

Jobs Growth in April was much higher than expected, seemingly putting to rest for now fears that the economy might be slowing.

The attorney general hasn’t said a single thing that wasn’t technically true about the Mueller report. But he was dishonest.

Newly discovered evidence shows that foreign governments have expanded their leasing of space from at least one Trump-owned office building in New York City.

The latest CNN poll raises some questions about gender bias.

Another one bites the dust. And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust.

A months-long standoff is stopping hurricane relief.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

Six Democrats are boycotting on principle. Four Republicans don’t care.

200-odd Congressional Democrats are taking an odd route to go after corruption.

The ongoing apparent attempted coup in Venezuela is already leading to talk of American intervention in the event of a crackdown. That would be unwise and unjustified.

President Trump and the top Democrats in Congress announced a purported $2 trillion infrastructure deal but there’s no reason to believe it will ever become law.

There’s some very good news for Joe Biden in the first polls taken after he entered the Presidential race.

A cautious analyst makes a strong claim.

The President has hit a dubious milestone barely two years into his administration.

Ballot measures across the country would deny access to those who refuse to release tax returns.

Counter-Intelligence officials are warning that Russia is preparing another election interference campaign for the 2020 election.

A law professor asks some interesting questions, but ultimately not the right ones.

Not surprisingly, Donald Trump fears former Vice-President Joe Biden the most of all the Democrats currently running against him.

Taking Joe Biden’s bait, President Trump once again defended his response to the racist rally in Charlottesville two years ago..

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. But is the Democratic Party going to buy what Joe Biden is selling?

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

Trump campaign officials are worried about the President’s chances of holding onto a state that was crucial to his win in 2020. They should be.