Outside the Beltway

After a firestorm of criticism for his handling of a decade-old plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned.

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

A weird media narrative has formed.

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was formally charged with multiple counts of procuring underage girls for sexual molestation.

Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor previously charged with sex crimes involving minors, has been charged with sex trafficking involving minors.

Mayor Pete is raking in the dough.

The Democratic Socialist wants to absorb $1.6 trillion of student debt.

Another woman has accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her some 20 years ago.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

The politics is understandable but the result is damaging to the country.

Michael Avenatti, the former attorney for Stormy Daniels who briefly flirted with the idea of running for President, has been charged with multiple counts of fraud and other charges, some of them in connection with his representation of Daniels herself.

New York has passed a law that would allow Congress to obtain copies of the President’s New York State tax returns.

President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?

Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

The university has bowed to student pressure.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

Newly discovered evidence shows that foreign governments have expanded their leasing of space from at least one Trump-owned office building in New York City.

A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.

The President has hit a dubious milestone barely two years into his administration.

A novel argument, untested in court, suggests that it might.

The Justice Department will release a ‘lightly redacted’ version of the 400-page report at 11 Eastern.

Minutes after a Federal judge added 43 months to his sentence, New York state prosecutors unsealed an indictment that could yield another 7 years.

Breathless coverage of this freshman Congressman is getting tiresome.

Thanks mostly to political opposition that misrepresented the nature of the deal it had made, Amazon has abandoned plans to locate parts of its new headquarters in New York City.

Pensions and health care costs for the elderly are crowding out other vital spending.

For the first tine in nearly ten years, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Second Amendment rights.

A Federal Judge has blocked the Trump Administration from going forward with a plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

RIP, Dolly.

Paul Manafort’s attorneys reveal in a pleading that their client provided insider campaign data to Russian intelligence sources, something that seems an awful lot like collusion.

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is the second Republican to announce his retirement, but his seat should remain safely red.

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the Trump Inaugural Committee, adding to the long list of the President’s legal troubles.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in assisting the President in various scandals and cover-ups.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

Lies and possible evidence of obstruction of justice make up the bulk of Robert Mueller’s new case against former Trump campaign director Paul Manafort.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S, Attorney for the Southern District of New York have filed sentencing memos that directly implicate the President in a series of felonies.

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia, and has agreed to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.

A state trial court Judge in New York rejected efforts by the Donald Trump to halt a lawsuit alleging charity fraud in connection with the operation of The Trump Foundation.

Amazon has reportedly decided to split its second headquarters between an already urbanized area of Northern Virginia and the outer boroughs of New York City.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

New reports indicate that Donald Trump was closely involved in the efforts to buy the silence of a Playboy model and a former adult film star.

Michael Bloomberg is flirting with the idea of running for President in 2020. He’s done this before, of course, but this time he seems far more serious.

President Trump’s trade war with China is leading car manufacturers to shift production from the U.S. to China.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has no intention of running for President in 2020.

Authorities have arrested a Florida man named Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Trump supporter, in connection with the wave of bombing attempts directed at critics of the President.