Outside the Beltway

American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.

The evidence that Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post columnist and American Permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi appears to be incontrovertible.

BREAKING NEWS from multiple major news outlets.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Last Tuesday, Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain a document he needed. He hasn’t been seen since.

Former President Jimmy Carter is warning his party against drifting too far left as we head into the midterms and, beyond that, the 2020 campaign cycle.

A significant advance for LGBT rights in the world’s most populous democracy.

The military regime in Myanmar has sentenced two reporters to prison for reporting on the repression of the Rohingya Muslims.

Through our so-called allies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the United States is helping to destroy Yemen. It’s time for our support for that war to come to an end.

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

In trying to assess the Helsinki press conference, a blast from the past deserves a second look.

For example, Turkey’s Erdogan.

Some considerations on the politics of Roe v. Wade.

Donald Trump had to be talked down from considering military intervention in Venezuela.

Today is a great day to reflect on the Enlightenment ideals that fueled a Declaration.

Another unilateral withdrawal from an international institution.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

Donald Trump said he wishes people would ‘sit up and pay attention’ to him the way they do in North Korea when Kim Jong Un speaks.

President Trump is at the center of controversy again after video emerged of him returning the salute of a North Korean General.

President Trump continues to dismiss concerns about Kim Jong Un’s brutality, and to lavish praise on a man who has a considerable amount of blood on his hands.

The Singapore Summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un was about as substance-less as most analysts anticipated it would be.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

An inordinate amount of cruelty is being perpetrated in the name of border security. It’s only partly the fault of the current President.

The President and the Secretary of State had some oddly contradictory statements this week.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a treasure trove of documents related to the June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer, and they raise far more questions than they answer.

Celebrations and a deadly day in the Middle East.

Does the administration know what it is doing?

Some good news from North Korea.

Even the United Nations has given up trying to maintain an accurate estimate.

A response to one of the most deadly chemical attacks in the Syrian civil war has come, probably from Israel. What’s next?

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

The “caravan” of immigrants that sent the President off the deep end on immigration issues is basically coming to an end.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

More than 1200 refugees, mostly from Honduras, are trying to come to the United States. What should we do about it?

As suspected, Cynthia Nixon is not shaping up to be much of a challenge for Andrew Cuomo.

Critics warn this move would lead to a drastic undercount of Hispanic voters, impacting Congressional districting, federal programs, and more.

A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.

The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.

By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.

Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.

With the Winter Olympics over, the next step on the Korean Peninsula is utterly unclear.

China’s Xi Jinping solidified his hold on power well into the next decade over the weekend.

A mass wave of mainland Chinese immigration to Australia has led to discrimination against Taiwanese expats there.

President Trump has announced a new round of sanctions against North Korea, but they are unlikely to work given the unrealistic nature of the Administration’s current policy toward North Korea.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

America’s closest allies sent a strong signal that they do not agree with President Trump on the nuclear deal with Iran.

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

Anti-government protests are spreading in Iran.

New York Knicks Center Enes Katner is at the center of an international legal dispute for speaking out against the President of Turkey.