Outside the Beltway

Transgender Americans will be able to enlist in the military beginning January 1st thanks to a ruling from a Federal District Court Judge.

Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most Americans, though, it was just another day. That’s only natural.

Russia has been barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics after an investigation uncovered extensive evidence of cheating.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

Negotiations over government formation is not a crisis.

President Trump returns home from an Asian trip that wasn’t exactly impressive.

To nobody’s surprise, a blue state returns to its roots.

Another day, another Trump lie.

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

America has become involved in conflicts around the world, largely without the knowledge of the American people or the consent of their representatives, and it doesn’t appear that’s going to end anytime soon.

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

Despite the fact that everyone seems to agree that Iran is complying with the nuclear weapons deal, President Trump took steps that will undermine that agreement and do serious damage to American credibility around the world.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

Angela Merkel was re-elected to a fourth term as German Chancellor as expected, but voters also sent a warning.

Early on the morning of Sept. 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov helped to prevent the outbreak of nuclear war.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

Notwithstanding his promises during the campaign, President Trump seems likely to go forward with sanctions reductions required under the nuclear deal with Iran.

At some point, it will be time to move on.

More provocative action from North Korea, and another reminder that there are no easy answers to the problems represented by the Kim regime.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

The First Amendment protects the rights even of the people who gathered in Charlottesville to promote hatred and violence, However, it does not shield them from the consequences of that speech.

President Trump’s reaction to the terror attack in Spain included an easily debunked lie about one of America’s most decorated Generals.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

A step backward on civil rights from a President who claimed he would be a friend to the LGBT community.

A good choice for an important position.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

More provocation from Pyongyang.

Reports are indicating that President Trump may cancel or delay his trip to the United Kingdom due to planned protests.

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno will face off against each other to succeed Chris Christie in New Jersey.

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords was neither the big win his supporters claim nor the disaster his critics fear.

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

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

The Trump White House loses ts first major staffer, and more are likely to come.

A legendary statesman has passed.

Iranian voters have re-elected Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate whose election in 2013 was largely responsible for the shifts in policy that made the international agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear research program possible.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

It’s been a bad week for U.S.-Russian relations.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

Donald Trump isn’t going to change, and that’s bad news for all of us.