Outside the Beltway

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

With the Winter Olympics over, the next step on the Korean Peninsula is utterly unclear.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

President Trump announced a goal of returning American astronauts to the Moon, but that’s easier said than done.

A top Republican political analyst is warning that a Roy Moore victory in Alabama could pose real problems for Republicans in 2018. If it does, they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

Tensions continue to rise between the White House and Foggy Bottom.

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.

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

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

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

In a vote close enough to require the Vice-President to cast a tie-breaking vote, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on a health care bill even though nobody seems to know what bill they’ll ultimately be voting on.

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter. Now he’s going to Congress, but the outcome of the election really shouldn’t be a surprise.

There’s a Special Election in Montana tomorrow, and the Democratic candidate is performing far above expectations.

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.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

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

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

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

After a prolonged vacancy and a bitterly partisan confirmation process, Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States.

More trouble for Lt. General Michael Flynn.

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

Republicans are saying that repealing the PPACA isn’t off the table, but practically speaking it probably is.

More conflicts of interest for the Trump Administration.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled Senators when asked about his contact with Russian officials.

President Trump has actually made a good pick for National Security Adviser. As with the rest of his foreign policy team, though, the question is if he’ll listen to him.

The President’s choice for Labor Secretary withdrew his name from consideration yesterday, but this is just the latest example of what has been a transition that has largely consisted of fumble after fumble by the Trump team.

An unsurprising ‘resignation’ from the shortest-serving National Security Adviser in history.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

Good thing the world is a static, simple place…

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump became bitter rivals for the soul of the GOP in 2016, but Romney appears to be at the top of Trump’s list for the nation’s top diplomat.

Senior Republican Senators are throwing cold water on the idea of eliminating the filibuster.

A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.

Some Hillary Clinton supporters have a foolish and unworkable “plan” to steal Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. They should abandon it.

For better or worse, the third Presidential debate will largely be remembered for one thing.

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

Some early musings on a political fantasy that’s less implausible than it was 12 hours ago.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.