Outside the Beltway

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

If President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey was motivated by an effort to impact the Russia investigation, this week has only served to guarantee it will continue and expand.

Was Jim Comey fired in an effort to impede the Russia investigation? Trump’s own words are making it sound more and more likely.

Evidence continues to mount that the Russia investigation was the real motivation for President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey.

Trump’s job approval numbers continue to sink.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

Less than a week after revealing that the F.B.I. was investigating the Trump campaign regarding ties with Russia, F.B.I. Director James Comey has been fired by President Trump.

F.B.I. Director James Comey testified yesterday on the reasons he chose to publicly speak out just days before the 2016 election about the reopened Clinton email investigation.

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

Donald Trump discovers reality.

The 44th President will make as for a one-hour speech as his old annual salary. Should we worry about that?

Six months after the election, the postmortems of the Clinton campaign all seem to have one thing in common, they all point at things other than the candidate and her campaign as being the reason she lost.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.

As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump continues to suffer from bad poll numbers.

The FBI Director faced a damned if you do, damned if you don’t choice.

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

Mitt Romney is reportedly considering running for Senate in Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

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

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

Donald Trump has basically declared war on the people who blocked the AHCA from passing last week.

Just about two months into office, Donald Trump’s job approval number are worse than any newly elected President since World War II.

Republicans in Congress are slavishly seeking to divert attention from wrongdoing by Donald Trump, or Russia.

Two big admissions from the Director of the F.B.I. today are likely to lead to real political headaches for the Trump Administration.

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

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

Well, at least someone has a backbone.

One month in, some Trump supporters are starting to wonder if he will actually deliver on what he promised.

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

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

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.

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.

Could Donald Trump’s comments about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on the campaign trail lead to the case against Bergdahl being dismissed? A military judge will have to decide.

Several former candidates for President are emerging as potential candidates for Senate.

Despite the lack of evidence, Donald Trump continues to claim that there were ‘millions’ of illegal votes cast in 2016.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

The first full day of Donald Trump’s Presidency consisted largely of obsessions with irrelevant facts and outright lies.

While vigilance is called for, America will survive Donald Trump just as it has survived everything else we’ve faced since the nation’s founding.

Donald Trump will take some time off after taking the Oath of Office.

The answer is pretty straight-forward.

What is the deal with the love-fest for Julian Assange?

Just under a year ago, Senate Republicans took a big risk regarding the Supreme Court. Now, it’s paid off big time.

President Obama thinks he would have beaten Donald Trump. And he’s probably right.