Outside the Beltway

Another one of Trump’s lawyers bites the dust, and hired someone with some very specific experience.

The new Secretary of State is an improvement over the worst Secretary of State in history.

In a new book, Senator John McCain makes an announcement that everyone was anticipating.

The United States can’t do any good in Syria, but we can do a lot of bad.

The United States has several options in Syria. None of them are good and one of them would be disastrous.

Last night, he finished in double digits for his 867th consecutive game. There are 71 players in the Hall of Fame who didn’t play in that many games.

Much of Atlanta city government has been forced to rely on pen and paper this week thanks to a Ransomware attack.

From Europe to the Middle East, to Asia, America’s allies are concerned about what the selection of John Bolton as National Security Adviser means going forward. They should be, and so should every American.

A top basketball prospect is skipping the farcical year in college before turning pro.

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

If a law enforcement officer with 30 years of experience can’t stop an active school shooter, what makes anyone think a teacher with a gun can?

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.”

Congress appears to be moving closer to a budget deal even as the President tries to throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing.

A foolish, and potentially dangerous, decision by President Trump.

It’s been two years since John Boehner stepped down as Speaker, and he’s got a few things to say about his former colleagues and the state of American politics.

America has become involved in conflicts around the world, largely without the knowledge of the American people or the consent of their representatives, and it doesn’t appear that’s going to end anytime soon.

Another Cabinet member rebukes the President for his comments about Charlottesville.

Based on initial reports, Trump’s Afghanistan policy looks a lot like what we’ve seen for the past sixteen years.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem anytime soon.

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

President Trump’s decision to share highly classified information with the Russians is yet another demonstration of his dangerous hubris and incompetence.

Repeal and replace is likely to take longer than many Republicans thought it would, but that shouldn’t be surprising.

After just over a week in office, Donald Trump already has a negative job approval number. That’s a modern record.

As expected, Donald Trump yesterday signed Executive Orders targeting Muslims and refugees.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Survivors and family members of the Pulse Nightclub attack have filed what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit.

Republicans sure have changed their mind about Vladimir Putin.

Get ready for more hearings if Hillary Clinton becomes President.

One of the last survivors of Israel’s founding generation has passed away.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

President Obama will leave office as the first two term President who presided over eight years of war. It didn’t start with him and it won’t end with him.

Two cases quite a distance from each other, but in both police seem to be acting with a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ attitude, especially when it comes to African-American men.

Congratulations Cleveland! Next month, you get Donald Trump.

There are many aspects of the way delegates to the party convention are chosen that is “undemocratic,” but it’s unclear why this is a problem.

A series of bomb attacks across Brussels has left at least 26 dead, and dozens more injured.

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

If Donald Trump is going to win in early states like Iowa or New Hampshire, he needs a ground game that will get voters to the polls. It doesn’t seem like he has much of one right now.

A potentially big complication in an already complicated situation.

The United States and Europe are giving everything the perpetrators of the Paris attacks hoped for.

The news that at least some of the men who were involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris were among the refugees who have arrived in Europe since the summer is likely to complicate an already complicated situation.

We are legally, morally, and practically obligated to respond. Let’s not do so stupidly.

America’s much touted international coalition against ISIS is, essentially a Coalition In Name Only.

Another day, another military escalation in the Middle East.

After an eleven hour day on Capitol Hill, it was Hillary Clinton 1 House Benghazi Committee 0.

In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.