Outside the Beltway

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

Those rambling campaign rally speeches the President loves to give aren’t getting the kind of coverage they used to, not even from his favorite news channel.

As expected, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Chinese goods yesterday, and China quickly retaliated.

Reports about tension between Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Trump are becoming louder, and it’s being suggested that Mattis could be out of office after the midterms.

Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.

Despite the evidence, the President thinks he did a great job handling a disaster in which nearly 3,000 American citizens died.

A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.

California Republican Duncan Hunter Jr, who was an early backer of President Trump’s campaign, has been indicted on charges he used massive amounts of campaign funds to pay for personal expenses.

Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.

Deficits continue to rise.

New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.

It took less than twenty-four hours for President Trump to essentially repudiate his purported attempt to walk back the appalling comments he made in Helsinki.

Despite Republican hopes, the tax cuts passed by Congress in December are not manifesting themselves in increased wages.

There’s a reason President Trump’s Supreme Court picks are “normal” in a way his national security and economic teams are not.

The Presidents of the United States and Russia will meet next month and there’s reason to worry about what Trump might give away.

The former New York City Mayor is prepared to spend $80 million to help Democrats take back Congress this year.

The North American delegation has won the right to lose a whole lot of money putting on a soccer tournament.

Tim Draper’s fantasy will finally get a vote this November.

After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.

The Trump Administration’s School Safety Commission isn’t getting off to a very good start.

The arguments in favor of a permanent U.S./NATO base in Poland are not very convincing.

The Federal Government will borrow more than $1 trillion this year for the first time in more than a half-decade.

A new study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was much higher than previously reported.

The Federal Reserve sees the economy staying relatively the same for the foreseeable future, which is both a good and bad thing.

President Trump has been tweeting up a storm since Sunday, raising a question. Should we view his Tweets as the rantings of a cranky old man, or as something more serious?

President Trump continues his unhinged, and unsupported by facts, war on Amazon and its owner Jeff Bezos by pressuring an independent agency to raise shipping rates.

Don’t look for a Trump agenda for the rest of the year. It doesn’t exist.

The Postal Service is losing billions of dollars, but not for the reasons the President claims.

Ebola is making a reappearance in Central Africa.. Will the world be better prepared this time?

Hillary Clinton isn’t running for anything in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from running against her.

Republicans are planning on pushing judicial nominees through the Senate in case they lose control in November. Meanwhile, the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy raises the stakes.

Not surprisingly, a joint Senate Committee failed to really lay a glove on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at yesterday’s hearing.

Tim Pawlenty is attempting a comeback in Minnesota. It won’t be easy.

President Trump seems intent on walking away from the nuclear deal with Iran. If he does, he’ll be handing a gift to Iran and harming American national interests significantly.

President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin

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

There won’t be any tanks, but it looks like President Trump will get his military parade.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

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

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.

President Trump’s tweets, other public statements, and actions are causing world leaders to doubt the reliability of the United States on the world stage.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

The Judge presiding over a case dealing with Trump’s proposed border wall expressed doubts about the project. The President will no doubt be irked by the identity of that Judge.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

With Republicans fully in control in Washington, their concerns about the budget deficit seem to have disappeared.

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

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.

President Trump has alienated America’s allies and friends, and they are acting accordingly.

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?