Outside the Beltway

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The boring moderate beat the neo-Nazi with 58% of the vote.

The incumbent should win easily but turnout is low and the consequences dire.

The first round is currently being held.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

Iowa Congressman Steve King finds himself low on campaign cash and with virtually no support from his party.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

Just a day before he is scheduled to arrive in the city for a State Visit, London’s Mayor is denouncing President Trump.

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

Steve King, who has recently come under attack for a long history of racist remarks, is facing a strong challenge for the GOP nomination in 2020.

Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

French authorities are investigating reports that Russian interference may be helping to exploit and expand the five-week-old “yellow vest” protests.

Few Western democracies have anything quite like our First Amendment. This is a case where the United States gets it right. 

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

Emmanuel Macron holds a decisive lead over Marine Le Pen as the French Presidential election heads into its final hours.

The Hasenpfeiffer Hustle Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.

Iowa Congressman Steve King is causing controversy yet again with his comments in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

Travel industry experts are reporting a noticeable drop in international travel and tourism since Donald Trump was elected President.

The players are almost completely set for France’s 2017 Presidential elections, and the choice seems likely to come down to center-right candidate Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, France’s Donald Trump.

Political change coming to Germany? Or more of the same.

A high-level French Court has struck down the ban on the so-called ‘burkini’ adopted by many towns along the French Riviera.

Marine Le Pen suffered setbacks in the second round of regional voting on Sunday, but the party still seems likely to become more popular in the coming years.

Donald Trump’s plan to exclude Muslims from the United States is provoking condemnation, and confusion, around the world.

Europe’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic far right scored major victories in France yesterday.

France’s President has spent the week trying to forge and agreement on an anti-ISIS policy, but the two nations that matter the most also disagree the most.

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.

Far right parties are succeeding in Europe because the mainstream parties aren’t offering an alternative.

Parties described as “far right” or “extreme right” have done very well in Europe’s most recent elections.

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

The New Yorker’s John Cassidy sees “Good and Bad News for Obama” in Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat.