Outside the Beltway

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

President Trump once again revealed his true self at a press conference yesterday.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

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

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

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

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

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

Donald Trump’s Presidency is young, but he’s already on track to become the biggest liar ever to occupy the Oval Office.

Foolishly, President Trump is rolling back part of President Obama’s opening to Cuba.

President Trump is reportedly considering at least partly reversing one of the great foreign policy successes of the Obama Presidency.

President Trump’s speech on Islam was a change of tone. However, as critics noted, it was short on substance and is unlikely to accomplish anything.

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

The North Koreans failed to successfully test a longer-range missile again yesterday, but tensions on the Korean Peninsula seem destined to increase in any case.

Once again, the GOP punts on ‘repeal and replace’ because they don’t have the votes.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

Has China finally had enough of North Korea?

It’s not at all clear that there is a useful strategy at work here.

Another SpaceX success.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

Part Two in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan. This post examines several ideas advanced by conservatives, and the reasons they aren’t complete answers to the problems we face.

Iowa Congressman Steve King is causing controversy yet again with his comments in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

The Plaid Is The New Black Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Another day, another round of reports about contacts with Russian officials and people close to President Trump.

Travel industry experts are reporting a noticeable drop in international travel and tourism since Donald Trump was elected President.

Well, at least someone has a backbone.

Time For The Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

A new head for the DNC at a time when the Democratic Party finds itself reeling and eager to take on Donald Trump.

Members of Congress and the Senate are once again facing down angry constituents, but it’s unclear whether it will translate into anything substantial in 2018.

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

For seventy-seven minutes yesterday, President Trump held forth in a press conference that confirmed the most dire predictions about what he’d be like as President.

North Korean Intrigue…….

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

Donald Trump is turning out to be a man uniquely obsessed with appearances, and it’s impacting his entire Administration.

Two new polls show that most Americans oppose President Trump’s ban on travel from seven majority Muslim countries, but that most Republicans support it.

An initial setback for the Federal Government in its appeal of the ruling putting President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on hold.

A long-standing staple of American culture will soon be no more.