Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, the President’s proposed shutdown deal is not being received well by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

The initial reaction to President Trump’s proposal to reopen the government is not going over well on either side of the aisle.

President Trump put an offer on the table to end the shutdown, the question is whether it will actually lead anywhere.

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro is the latest addition to the growing Democratic Presidential field.

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

New polling clearly indicates that the President is losing the battle for public opinion over the government shutdown.

Is it possible that the solution to the government shutdown is letting the President pretend he got funding for his border wall even though he didn’t?

With just hours to go, a partial government shutdown is becoming more and more likely.

It isn’t about foreign policy, it is about self-serving manipulation of the public.

Now that the election is over, President Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media seem to have completely forgotten about the “invading” “caravan” of Central American asylum seekers.

National Republicans are worried that the President’s concentration on hot-button issues could end up backfiring. They should be.

President Trump is now claiming he will end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants via Executive Order. He clearly lacks the authority to do this.

More outrageous behavior by the President of the United States.

New evidence indicates that the same Russian backed bots and trolls that sought to influence the 2016 election are now attempting to exploit the social divisions raised by the N.F.L. players kneeling during the National Anthem.

Passports being denied to citizens whose birth records are being questioned.

After a week, the race for the GOP nomination for Kansas Governor is over. Now it’s on to what could be an interesting General Election.

Laura Ingraham has responded to the deluge of criticism to her foolish and disturbing commentary. This response is also disturbing. Her attempt to walk back the racist tone of her monologue falls flat. Her statement trying to make her views more clear reveal more of her limited thinking on this matter and in general.

Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

More evidence that the politics of the moment aren’t just about illegal immigration.

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.

A new poll finds that most Americans oppose key elements of the immigration policies that the President and Republicans in Congress support.

The situation isn’t as awful as portrayed by the AP—but it’s still pretty bad.

The calls to “Abolish ICE” are spreading to potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.

President Trump and his supporters are blaming the policy of separating parents and children at the border on Democrats. This is, simply put, a lie.

Two months ago, the President called on states to send National Guard troops to the border. As expected, they’re not guarding the border.

Virginia Republicans took a hard-right turn in yesterday’s primary. This is likely to benefit the Democrats.

When “reasonable suspicion” and free speech collide.

The White House isn’t apologizing for an aide who made a joke about John McCain’s most likely terminal illness. That shouldn’t be surprising.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

President Trump’s call for National Guard troops isn’t going over well even with Republican Governors.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

Johnetta Benton was caught on tape in a 15-minute rant against President Trump’s campaign slogan. She ain’t wrong.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.

President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.

If Trump is able to insist upon a package deal or no deal at all, he may muck up his chance of policy success, but it may be the Democrats who lose politically.

Congress appears to be moving closer to a budget deal even as the President tries to throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing.

The President talked about national unity last night, but given his own rhetoric as a candidate and as a President, it’s a call that seems to be hypocritical.

The White House’s immigration plan is facing opposition in both chambers of Congress from moderate and conservative Republicans alike.

It’s Day Two of the Federal Government shutdown and there are few signs of a quick resolution.

With just hours to go, it seems increasingly unlikely that the Senate can reach a deal to keep the government open.

Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona.

In what amounts to an electoral perfect storm, Democratic nominee Doug Jones pulled off a win last night in the Alabama Senate Election.

President Trump has formally endorsed an accused child molester for the United States Senate.

A not guilty verdict in a case that Donald Trump turned into a political issue.

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.