Outside the Beltway

With ten days to go, the Senate race in Alabama between Roy Moore and Doug Jones is close.

For a guy who considers the Russia investigation “Fake News,” President Trump sure is doing a lot to try to stop it.

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

Big problems for the Air Force.

President Trump put his thumb on the scale for Roy Moore, ignoring the allegations of harassment and sexual abuse that have been made against the candidate.

A Federal Judge in California has entered an order permanently blocking a Trump Administration effort to deny funding to so-called sanctuary cities.

Could the tide be turning in the Alabama Senate race against Roy Moore? At least some polling indicates the answer could be yes.

The charges against Roy Moore continue to mount as national Republicans continue to push back against him.

As a candidate, Donald Trump liked to claim that he only hired the “top people.” and said he would do the same thing as President. So far, it isn’t working out that way.

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is accused of having molested a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has blocked the Trump Administration from implementing its ban on transgender soldiers.

A new poll shows that a record majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support legalization of marijuana.

A new poll shows Democratic nominee Doug Jones tied with twice-removed former Chief Justice Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, but it’s still too early to be optimistic.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

A sign of hope that Alabama voters could end up rejecting the far-right theocratic politics of Roy Moore? Possibly.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

Yet another lawsuit against yet another controversial Trump Administration policy.

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

A Federal Judge has blocked enforcement of a Dept. of Justice policy purporting to block funding to so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

Americans support allowing Dreamers to stay in the country, and most of them also support allowing them to eventually become citizens.

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

As expected, a group of Democratic states is suing the Trump Administration over the decision to end the DACA program.

Several Democratic Attorneys General are threatening to sue the Trump Administration over the decision to end DACA, but their legal arguments appear to be especially weak.

But, the problem is, they seem unlikely to act.

The Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA motivated former President Obama to speak out, and he’s absolutely right.

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

President Trump is threatening to end a program that has benefited at least 750,000 innocent people.

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

President Trump’s attempts to interfere in the administration of justice go beyond the Russia investigation.

A new report indicates that Trump campaign officials were seeking contact with Russian officials earlier than we thought.

After two days, President Trump finally found the words to condemn the parties responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, but his remarks were far too little, far too late.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Chicago is joining the growing list of jurisdictions challenging the Administration’s policy on sanctuary cities.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

Even members of his own party don’t trust Donald Trump enough to make it possible for him to make recess appointments.

Trump and his underlings continue to lie, even about the most trivial of matters.

President Trump delivered a wholly inappropriate political speech to the Boy Scout Jamboree, but that should surprise nobody.

President Trump’s weeklong effort to undermine his own Attorney General continues.

Reports are indicating that Donald Trump may be looking to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Rudy Giuliani.

The pardon issue could be a serious inflection point.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.