Outside the Beltway

Theresa May and the UK are quickly running out of options.

As a no-deal Brexit becomes more likely, the EU is taking things personally.

Brexit means May-exit.

Many are calling for the UK Prime Minister’s ouster. But the problem is Brexit itself, not any one leader.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

Notwithstanding President Trump’s tariffs, America’s trade deficit hit a record level last year.

A novel proposal for making SCOTUS appointments more responsive to election outcomes.

With just over two months to go until the March 29th deadline, British Prime Minister Theresa May is no closer to a Brexit deal.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

The self-appointed Acting President of Venezuela has said he doesn’t rule out the idea of American intervention in his country, but we should rule it out immediately.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Despite the President’s claims, the American steel industry isn’t doing well at all.

Theresa May survived the Labour Party’s call for a no-confidence vote, but the future for her and for her country remain as hazy as ever.

Theresa May is likely to survive today’s no confidence vote, but what happens after that is unclear given that changes to her Brexit deal seem unlikely.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered the worst defeat in the modern history of the British Parliament, and nobody is sure what happens next.

Donald Trump continues to appear to advocate ideas that harm American national interests and benefit Vladimir Putin. Draw your own conclusions as to why.

Later today, Theresa May’s Brexit deal will face a decisive vote in the House of Commons in a vote that could have implications for May’s own hold on power.

The TPP is about to go into effect without the US.

British Prime Minister Theresa May survived an intra-party leadership challenge, but her political position is still far from secure.

French President Emmanuel Macron made several concessions to the Yellow Vest protesters but it remains to be seen if this will be enough to quell the protests.

Theresa May is facing an unexpected challenge to her leadership even as she deals with trying to save a Brexit deal that nobody seems to like.

Theresa May is trying to save a Brexit deal that appears to be becoming more doomed by the day.

Europe’s highest Court appeared to hand the United Kingdom a way of escaping Brexit altogether if it chose to go that route. This will greatly complicate the domestic political situation for Theresa May.

A confrontation at sea between Russia and Ukraine is increasing tensions in a long-simmering conflict.

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

The Scots want to stop Brexit, but it’s not clear they have the power to stop it.

As Brexit hangs by a thread in the United Kingdom, the European Union makes clear that renegotiation of the agreement that has been reached is a non-starter.

Theresa May’s government is barely hanging on to power thanks to Brexit negotiations that clearly seem to be headed for disaster.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

British voters appear to be regretting their decision to leave the European Union, but it may be too late to stop the process.

Europe has abandoned centuries-old laws against blasphemy, but the assault on so-called “hate speech” threatens to effectively bring them back.

In another sign of the rapid secularization taking place in that country, Irish voters last weekend voted to rescind the nation’s centuries-old, albeit not recently enforced, law against blasphemy.

Angela Merkel announced yesterday that she would step aside as Chancellor at the end of her current term. What that means for the short and long term future of Germany and Europe is unclear.

President Trump’s trade war with China is leading car manufacturers to shift production from the U.S. to China.

The dispute over Ukraine between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Patriarch is widening and nearing the point of a complete break.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

Donald Trump is a coward and an apologist for evil around the world.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

The three-decade-old name dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav state of Macedonia remains unresolved after Sunday’s referendum.

President Trump is once again threatening to lower the tariff hammer on one of America’s most reliable allies and biggest trading partners.

President Trump’s second speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations wasn’t much better than the first, but it it did get the world laughing at us.

Donald Trump’s trade war is helping China expand its diplomatic influence.

President Trump is set to expand his ill-advised, economically ignorant, trade war with China.

There’s no real plan and nobody appears to know what waits on the other side, but the United Kingdom continues to meander towards Brexit.

President Trump is alienating our allies and making friends with dictators, and the world is responding as you might expect they would.

Donald Trump is now attacking his own appointee to head the Federal Reserve Board.

President Trump appears to be ready to expand his ignorant, counterproductive trade war with China.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The Trump Administration has taken the latest step in a process that began in May with the withdrawal from the JCPOA. Where it takes us is anybody’s guess, but the probability of something going wrong is quite high.

President Trump and the President of the European Commission announced an agreement late yesterday on trade issues, but it’s long on promises and short on results.