Outside the Beltway

For largely irrational reasons, French police are arresting women on the beach for wearing swimsuits that are compatible with their faith.

One speech isn’t going to make up for what we’ve seen so far.

After weeks of bleeding, the Trump campaign is undergoing a shake up, but it’s unlikely to fix what’s really wrong.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

In a sign of just how bad the trends are right now for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is gaining ground in states that Mitt Romney won four years ago.

Donald Trump continues to be Donald Trump. Which is quickly turning into a political disaster.

Basic trust in process is essential for democratic governance to function and major party nominees ought not be undercutting that trust for cynical gain.

Of course Donald Trump responded to a Gold Star Father in the worst possible way.

More than any politician that spoke last night, it was the father of a fallen solider who stole the night.

Turkey’s government appears to have rebuffed a coup attempt, but questions remains about the stability of the government going forward.

The wave of Ramadan attacks continues, including a strike near the second holiest site in Islam.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.

A third major ISIS-inspired or planned attack in three weeks.

Turkey has issued a formal apology to Russia over the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had briefly strayed into Turkish airspace.

George Will isn’t just refusing to vote for Donald Trump, he’s leaving the GOP entirely

Stopping the next Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Syed Farook, or Omar Mateen is likely to be a lot more difficult than the politicians on either side of the aisle are leading us to believe.

National tragedies, whether man-made or natural disasters, used to bring Americans together. Now they just seem to pull Americans apart.

A campaign shake up at Trump Tower, but it’s unlikely to change fundamentals.

It’s still early in the cycle, but Donald Trump’s poll numbers are already historically bad.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

Donald Trump’s latest outbursts are causing Republicans to move away from him faster than you can say “electoral disaster.”

Donald Trump has insinuated that President Obama is not fighting the War On Terror aggressively because he somehow identifies with terrorists.

Donald Trump responded to the attack on the Pulse nightclub by renewing his call to ban members of an entire religion from coming to the United States.

An overnight shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left 20 people dead and at least 42 injured.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

The Greatest Of All Time.

The walk backs begin.

Paul Ryan is declining to back Donald Trump for the time being, but other Republicans are making their own choices.

As the Empire State votes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look well positioned to have a very good night.

Should we treat terrorists as trolls?

Donald Trump has spent nine months encouraging his supporters to beat up protesters and calling the press “scum.” Words have consequences.

Given the stakes headed into the latest version of ‘Super Tuesday,’ last night’s Republican debate was surprisingly subdued.

Michael Bloomberg announced today that he’s not running for President, but he came awfully close to getting into the race.

The U.S. is poised to send troops to the front lines of yet another war we have no reason to be involved in.

Ben Carson may be a non-entity in the Presidential race at this point, but that hasn’t stopped him from making controversial statements.

Donald Trump appears headed for another victory in South Carolina’s primary.

As if to further demonstrate just how fair off the rails the GOP has gotten, Donald Trump’s unconstitutional, wrong-headed, racist notions are supported by wide majorities in the party that still claims to the by the “Party of Lincoln.”

The flagship of the American right is leading the charge against Donald Trump, but it’s not likely to work.

Donald Trump is out with his first television ad, and it’s about what you’d expect.

The anti-Muslim rhetoric Donald Trump has been using on the campaign trail has shown up in a recruitment video for an al Qaeda off-shoot group.

Donald Trump has won Politifact’s ‘Lie Of The Year’ because, well, he’s told so many things that are utterly and provably false.

If you were looking for evidence that the race for the Democratic nomination is basically over, you need look no further than last night’s Democratic Debate.

Donald Trump loves the fact that he’s being praised by an autocratic dictator.