Outside the Beltway

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

The response to extreme rhetoric from Trump is producing the some old responses.

President Biden was advised to keep troops in Afghanistan . . . for no apparent reason.

A guy I’ve never heard of is apparently replacing the legendary Alex Trebek.

After weeks of evasion, the frontrunner hints at a compromise policy.

Instead of a second presidential debate, we got competing TV shows.

POTUS believes, and is propagating, a conspiracy theory.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

It’s still way too early to be predictive, but the latest head-to-head matches between the President and the top contenders for the Democratic nomination.

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

In a new interview, former Trump attorney and ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen gives the strongest signal yet that he’s ready to cooperate with investigators.

Rudy Giuliani is basically now suggesting that his client would be willing to set off a Constitutional crisis that would make Watergate seem like a picnic.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

President Trump is on the attack against James Comey as the former F.B.I. Director begins his book tour.

The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson spoke out about the death of her husband and the controversy over the phone call she received from President Trump. And Trump proceeded to attack her and call her a liar.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

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

Of course Donald Trump responded to a Gold Star Father in the worst possible way.

Hillary Clinton won the final Super Tuesday of the 2016 primary season, thus officially sending us into what promises to be among the most contentious General Election battles in recent memory.

Donald Trump is trolling the depths of the Internet’s conspiracy dungeons once again. This time to raise the largely absurd argument that Marco Rubio may not be eligible to serve as President.

We still don’t know very much about Robert Dear, the man who shot and killed three people at the site of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, but that hasn’t stopped the usual suspects from politicizing the case.

Two months after seemingly promising to remain loyal to the Republican Party, Donald Trump is again refusing to rule out an independent run for the White House next year.

Scott Walker is flip-flopping on immigration again, while his poll numbers sink like a stone.

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

Carly Fiorina, who flopped at Hewlett-Packard and in her lone previous political campaign, wants to be the leader of the free world.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Speaker Boehner sends a signal that there won’t be a quick resolution to the government shutdown crisis.

The President Fauxbama Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Jake Tapper is moving to CNN, where he’ll host a daily show and run their political coverage.

Equating opposition to the President with racism is absurd.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

The war in Afghanistan has not been a topic of discussion in the Presidential campaign, but that’s largely because there’s not much left to talk about.

The PPACA, the fight over it, and the Sibelius ruling all underscore this fact.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of religion in public life are built on lies about American history.

Christiane Amanpour, who’s losing audience share for ABC’s “This Week” Sunday show, may be on her way back to CNN.

In an interview, President Obama says that Americans are worse off than they were four years ago.

One year ago, Timothy Geithner said them things about the economy he probably wishes he could take back right now.

Bachmann’s views on the Founders and slavery are more significant than simply a question of how to classify John Quincy Adams.