Outside the Beltway

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

The Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued indictments against twelve Russian intelligence officials for election-related hacking, and in the process has shown most of the arguments made by the President and his surrogates regarding the Russia investigation are nonsense.

More than a decade ago, Donald Trump revealed one of his secrets to success. Exhaust your enemies. It explains much of what has happened since he took office.

The Mueller investigation turns one year old today and, despite the arguments of Trump and his supporters, there’s no sign that it will be coming to an end in the near future.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

The House Intelligence Committee’s report is being touted as vindication by the Trump Administration and its supporters. It’s not.

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

Former F.B.I, Director James Comey’s memos regarding his meeting with Donald Trump early in 2017 have been released, and they corroborate everything Comey has said about those conversations.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

Out of the blue, President Trump plans to pardon Dick Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, but the move seems to have more to do with James Comey than it does Scooter Libby.

Republicans on Capitol Hill worried about all the leaking coming from the Trump White House would be wise to actually do the oversight the Constitution compels them to do.

Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

The statute of limitations has expired. But he should never have been asked the question to begin with.

Donald Trump is now claiming that he had never denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. This is, of course, not true.

Even with yesterday’s indictments, President Trump still won’t acknowledge reality even though it’s staring him in the face.

National Review legal analyst David French argues that the Nunes memo actually undermines the central claim its proponents were seeking to bolster.

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

White House insiders have renewed efforts to oust Presidential adviser Steve Bannon. Can they succeed?

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

The pardon issue could be a serious inflection point.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his investigation to include the allegation that President Trump may have attempted to obstruct justice

Based on his just released opening testimony, tomorrow’s testimony by Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is likely to be explosive.

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

Yet another report that the President of the United States sought to undermine an ongoing F.B.I. investigation.

For some reason, Joe Lieberman is apparently the front-runner to replace James Comey at the F.B.I.

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Another day, another allegation against the President. This time, though, it’s very, very serious.

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

Evidence continues to mount that the Russia investigation was the real motivation for President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.

Republicans in Congress are slavishly seeking to divert attention from wrongdoing by Donald Trump, or Russia.

It may well be that the 25th Amendment, not the impeachment clause, will be his undoing.

Two big admissions from the Director of the F.B.I. today are likely to lead to real political headaches for the Trump Administration.

A majority of Americans support appointment of an Independent Counsel to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 election and the Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia, but we should be careful before taking this step.

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

For seventy-seven minutes yesterday, President Trump held forth in a press conference that confirmed the most dire predictions about what he’d be like as President.

With a relatively smooth announcement, Donald Trump has named a solid and qualified conservative who will likely be confirmed to the nation’s highest court.

The 117 CIA officers who have died in our service should not be used to score cheap political points.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

Delegating the morning briefing to advisors isn’t actually that unusual.

Republicans sure have changed their mind about Vladimir Putin.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.