Outside the Beltway

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Wherein Noonan writes an odd column that reaches the right conclusion.

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

A Federal Judge has ruled against an elected official who blocked a constituent from accessing her Facebook page.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

According to initial estimates, the economy grew at faster pace in the second quarter than at the beginning of the year, but it was hardly anything to write home about.

“I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree. “

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are making clear that President Trump’s tweets are not official policy. At least not yet.

President Trump’s weeklong effort to undermine his own Attorney General continues.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

Don’t cry for Spicer.

President Trump’s reaction to the failure of health care reform efforts in the Senate demonstrates yet again that he doesn’t know how to be President.

With the Administration’s six-month point approaching, Donald Trump continues to lag in the polls.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

The revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with someone represented as being a Russian government official just keep getting worse.

Inching towards evidence of at least attempted collusion?

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

A report states that the meeting was set up on the predicate of information on the Clinton campaign.

Add another example of an undisclosed Russia-linked meeting and Team Trump.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

With tomorrow marking the end of the Court’s current term, there’s speculation that we could see Justice Anthony Kennedy stepping down.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

Republicans and Democrats have picked their candidates for 2017’s Governor’s race, but the biggest name is likely to be one not on the ballot, Donald Trump.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

If Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter does that constitute a First Amendment violation? Two Twitter users say yes, but their argument is very weak.

Most Americans believe that President Trump has been actively trying to block the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation

In addition to the race in New Jersey, the statewide races in Virginia are also being looked to as a barometer of American politics in the first year of the Trump Administration.

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno will face off against each other to succeed Chris Christie in New Jersey.