Outside the Beltway

The President has hit a dubious milestone barely two years into his administration.

The President has tied his all-time low in one prominent poll.

The story is shifting, which makes me even more suspicious.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

The President continues to lie at an astounding rate that only seems to be getting worse. Does anyone care?

Reason’s Nick Gillespie makes an interesting case but I don’t buy it.

In a two-hour rant before an adoring crowd of CPAC sycophants. President Trump displayed everything wrong with him and his Presidency.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

As public opinion of the President continues to slide his pandering to his far-right base increases.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

A new report raises an old question that’s now irrelevant.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

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

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is the latest Democrat to throw their hat into the Presidential ring.

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

The President is blaming Democrats for the fact that so many of his Ambassadors have not been confirmed. The truth, of course, is quite the opposite.

The fact that this President is a congenital liar is well-known. The actual number of lies less than two years into his Presidency, though, is astounding.

The latest entry in the unity third party presidential candidate genre is just as bad as they always are.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the Trump Inaugural Committee, adding to the long list of the President’s legal troubles.

Lies and possible evidence of obstruction of justice make up the bulk of Robert Mueller’s new case against former Trump campaign director Paul Manafort.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

Citing substantial cooperation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is recommending no jail time for former Trump associate Michael Flynn.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin are responding to their party’s losses at the Gubernatorial level by attempting to restrict the powers of the incoming Democratic Governor.

He says he won’t announce anything until after the start of 2019, but Joe Biden is sure sounding like a guy who’s running for President.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

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

Add yet another name to the potential Democratic campaign field in 2020.

BREAKING NEWS from multiple major news outlets.

We should take Congressional officers out of the line of succession.

Donald Trump has been in office just over 600 days, and he’s proven beyond any doubt that he doesn’t care if what he says is the truth or not.

With the primaries over, we can say that it’s been quite a successful year for women in politics.

A new report says that the Trump Administration lobbied the National Park Service to edit photos of the crowd at President Trump’s Inauguration.

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos received a very generous sentence in return for his guilty plea.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready.

Tom Nichols argues it should. I disagree.

RIP. Queen Of Soul

The former CIA Director has been stripped of his access to classified information after repeatedly criticizing the President.

There’s been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism to the United States since Donald Trump became President.

A basic explanation for Trump’s behavior towards Russia.

You keep using that word. It does not mean what you think it means.

In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.

With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.

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

In the Trump Era, the White House Press Briefing is becoming shorter and less informative.

With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.