Outside the Beltway

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

Donald Trump is the third President to be impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate.

Not surprisingly, we remain as polarized as ever.

(At least the removal part)

Has this precedent permanently damaged the country? Or is it just politics as usual?

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

What difference at this point does it make?

Not unexpected, but hardly a profile in courage.

More nonsense.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

The House decides what is impeachable.

The Majority Leader was reportedly unaware of the manuscript.

Huh. Someone might want to look into this.

The election appeal.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

Rules for covering the Senate trial highlight changes in how we get the news.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

And now the real farce begins.

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

The 2016 frontrunners at this stage won their nominations easily. But that’s often not the case.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

The Trump campaign and the Republican Party brought in more than $150 million in the last three months of 2019 alone.

Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden both brought in impressive fundraising numbers for the final quarter of 2019.

Another one bites the dust.

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

It’s been quite a year, and quite a decade.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

New reports indicate that the North Koreans never took any of the steps to reduce their research programs that President Trump claimed they did.

The truth is that many voters are paying attention to issues that have nothing to do with impeachment or simply ignoring politics altogether.

In a new court filing, House Democrats hint they might move to impeach the President again if the evidence warrants such action.

It could take weeks to resolve the impasse between the House and Senate over the procedures to be followed in the Senate trial of President Trump.

Tulsi Gabbard is under fire back home for her vote on impeachment and for missing votes on the House floor.

Incentives matter.

The DPRK is promising a “gift” to the United States. The only question seems to be what form it will take.

Some comparative history.

Let’s be clear-eyed about this.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

One weird trick for knowing if a given action will affect public opinion on Trump.

New Jersey Congressman Jeff van Drew, elected just last year as a Democrat, is now a Republican.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

Last night, Trump decided it would be a good idea to attack a dead Congressman and his widow.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is suggesting she might hold back on sending the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. This seems like a bad idea.

For the third time in history, an American President has been impeached.