Outside the Beltway

President Trump has selected Jerome Powell, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, to replace Janet Yellen as Chairman.

House Republicans haven’t released their tax bill yet, but it’s already unpopular.

More bad polling news for President Trump.

Due mostly to cowardice and naked self-interest, you shouldn’t expect many other Republicans to speak out against Trump in the near future.

Another day, another Trump lie.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

John McCain, George W, Bush, and Sarah Huckabee-Sanders had warning for us this week. We should heed them.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

Now Donald Trump is using the death of American soldiers to tell lies about his predecessor.

A complicated concurrence to Steven Taylor’s recent postings.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

Donald Trump is undermining his own Secretary of State’s efforts on North Korea, and he doesn’t seem to care.

A sign of hope that Alabama voters could end up rejecting the far-right theocratic politics of Roy Moore? Possibly.

While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.

Republicans finally unveiled the outlines of a tax reform package yesterday, but the devil is in the still to be determined details.

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could end up having an impact on the race for Virginia Governor.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

Americans support allowing Dreamers to stay in the country, and most of them also support allowing them to eventually become citizens.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere were gambling when they lined up behind Donald Trump. So far, they’ve lost.

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

A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein regarding their exclusion from Presidential debates.

Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

The dangers of the tyranny of the majority have only magnified.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

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

Some Presidents knew how to respond to racism and hatred. The current President doesn’t.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

After two days, President Trump finally found the words to condemn the parties responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, but his remarks were far too little, far too late.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

President Trump delivered a wholly inappropriate political speech to the Boy Scout Jamboree, but that should surprise nobody.

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

Robert Mueller seems to be getting closer to the President, and the Administration is responding by seeking to undermine his investigation.

A good choice for an important position.

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

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is apparently chafing under a White House that isn’t letting him do his job.

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.

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