Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

Tip O’Neill was famous for once having advised his fellow Democrats that “all politics is local.” That’s not true anymore, and that’s unfortunate.

More explosive devices sent to prominent Trump critics, including Robert DeNiro and Joe Biden, have been located.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

A decade after the Great Recession, we now have data to answer the question.

Much of what Donald Trump has claimed about how he built his fortune is a lie, and at least part of it originated in his father’s shady efforts to evade taxes.

As part of her position as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has use of a rather lavish private residence. This is not a real controversy.

The target is not just on illegal immigrants.

Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent, albeit amateurish, assassination attempt yesterday in what could be a sign of underlying instability in Venezuela.

The midterm elections are still four months away, but Democrats are already making moves to prepare for the race for their party’s Presidential nomination in 2020.

A Federal Judge has rejected a Trump Administration effort to change a 20-year-old legal settlement that bars long-term detention of immigrant families.

Democrats are rallying around the “Abolish ICE” slogan in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them.

After months of allegations regarding improper use of taxpayer dollars and the use of agency resources and personnel for personal needs, he is finally out.

More evidence that North Korea isn’t living up to the promises it made in Singapore.

Joe Crowley, widely considered in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as party leader in the House, has been defeated.

A Trump Administration policy announced in April has resulted in roughly 2,000 children being taken from their parents at the border.

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

For decades, it was the preeminent brand in American journalism. Now its pieces are being sold at bargain rates.

Solving the problems created by neighborhood-based schools isn’t going to be easy.

New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.

The President issued an incredibly confusing order that contradicts the advice of his generals and is probably illegal.

Top White House staffers were preparing to fire several troublesome figures at once when the President suddenly upended the plan.

I hope Ben Carson has a comfortable couch at home.

The family real estate business made tens of millions through shady dealings.

Ben Carson comes to his senses, but questions still remain about his family seeming to benefit from his position in government.

Ben Carson has expensive taste in office furniture.

The current budget deal expires in six days and Congress doesn’t seem to know what it’s going to do about it.

The economy grew in the final quarter of 2017, but at a slower pace than earlier in the year and far slower than what the President has promised.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

Another mass shooting.

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Who could have predicted we would be where we are at the moment in terms of racial politics and the White House?

Yes, even Nazis must have their rights to peaceful speech and assembly protected.

A van struck a crowd outside a London mosque late last night in an attack by a man who said he wanted to kill Muslims.

Puerto Rican voters voted overwhelmingly for statehood yesterday in a referendum whose legitimacy is being questioned due to boycotts by opposition parties.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem anytime soon.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

Another Federal Court has found another Trump Executive Order unconstitutional.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

Ben Carson is back and he’s saying some pretty dumb things again.