Outside the Beltway

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

New polling suggests that the President may not be benefiting from the relatively healthy economy as much as expected.

President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met at the Demilitarized Zone for what amounts to their third summit in a year. As with the previous two, there was nothing of substance accomplished.

The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?

Despite his claims, President Trump is actually deporting fewer people than were deported under former President Obama.

Just days after being named the next Acting Secretary of Defense, the President is appointing Mark Esper to be full Secretary of Defense.

Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal by a Republican Senator to ban flag burning.

Not surprisingly, the President’s opening speech of the 2020 campaign was filed with lies.

Patrick Shanahan is out as nominee to be Secretary of Defense after questions were raised during his background investigation.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

For the first time since being appointed Special Counsel, Robert Mueller spoke to the media regarding his report on the Russia investigation. The news was not good for the President.

Most of us define ourselves largely through our jobs. That’s increasingly a problem.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Liz Cheney can pretty much write her own political ticket right now.

Other than confirming a lot of Trump Judges, the Senate has not been getting much work done so far this year.

The President is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent whose identity was outed during the Bush Administration, is running for Congress in New Mexico.

A new poll finds that a small majority of Americans support abolishing the Electoral College, but that’s not nearly enough to make any change in how we elect Presidents possible.

The ongoing apparent attempted coup in Venezuela is already leading to talk of American intervention in the event of a crackdown. That would be unwise and unjustified.

A new poll shows President Trump struggling against four of his potential 2020 challengers. Should Republicans be worried and Democrats elated? It’s too early to tell.

Larry Sabato lays out a quite plausible path.

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

Steve King, who has recently come under attack for a long history of racist remarks, is facing a strong challenge for the GOP nomination in 2020.

It’s a lot harder than it looks.

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

Ultimately, it isn’t a very good one.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

I was wr-r-r-r-r-ong.

The first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have been an all-around success.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

The Senate yesterday confirmed a 37-year-old to a lifetime Court of Appeals seat.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

A bipartisan group of foreign policy luminaries says there is no factual basis for President Trump’s claim.

Now that women are allowed into all combat roles, the rationale for excluding them from Selective Service has evaporated.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to sound like someone seriously considering running against Donald Trump.

Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.

President Trump has selected Kelly Knight Craft, the current Ambassador to Canada, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Two months after being named, Heather Nauert withdrew her name as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations due to a ‘Nannygate’ problem.

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

William Barr was easily confirmed as Attorney General in a 54-45 votes that included three Democrats crossing over to support him.

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.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.