Outside the Beltway

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

While not subject to filibuster, it’s still subject to Presidential veto.

A bipartisan group of foreign policy luminaries says there is no factual basis for President Trump’s claim.

The House of Representatives has begin the process of challenging the President’s recent declaration of a ‘national emergency’ at the southern border.

The American Civil Liberties Union has joined the list of groups with lawsuits against the President’s declaration of a “national emergency” at the southern border.

The lawsuits against President Trump’s “national emergency” have begun. Except more.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

The Supreme Court will hear a case dealing with a challenge to the Commerce Department’s decision to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

Saturday Night Live mocked the President’s declaration of a ‘national emergency,” which caused him to lash out on Twitter.

There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump’s current actions).

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

President Trump’s impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.

The President will sign the bill to fund the government and avert another government shutdown, but in doing so he’ll also lay the groundwork for another showdown with Congress.

When it comes to the shutdown and border wall showdown that started back in December, Donald Trump is the biggest loser.

President Trump now appears to accept the compromise worked out by Congress to avoid another shutdown even though he’s not pleased with it.

Negotiations to avert another shutdown appear to have stalled over the weekend with just four days left to go before funding runs out.

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

Lindsey Graham is telling his fellow Republicans that they better back the President if he decides to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall.

Most Americans oppose the idea of the President using a “national emergency” to get funding for his border wall. Will that matter to him?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned the President against using a national emergency to fund his border wall.

A new poll shows that most Americans would oppose a second government shutdown over the border wall.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

As public opinion of the President continues to slide his pandering to his far-right base increases.

Is the settlement of the government shutdown just delaying the inevitable?

In a deal that can only be described as a cave by the President, the government shutdown is on course to be ended by the end of the day today.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

Despite the President’s claims, the American steel industry isn’t doing well at all.

With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.

Donald Trump continues to appear to advocate ideas that harm American national interests and benefit Vladimir Putin. Draw your own conclusions as to why.

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

As the shutdown goes on, the polls are getting worse for the President.

As the government shutdown enters through its twenty-fourth day, attention is shifting to Senate Republicans who could be pressured to break ranks and potentially force a resolution.

President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of declaring a national emergency to get his wall built. But the other options he’s considering aren’t much better.

The government shutdown has now entered historic territory, and the Trump Administration is moving closer to a “national emergency” or other extra-legal means to get money for his wall.

President Trump stormed out of a meeting with Congressional leaders as the shutdown drags on with no end in sight.

President Trump’s speech on the border wall and the shutdown was fact-free, misleading, and overall a bomb.

As the shutdown drags on, Republicans are beginning to fear that members in the House and Senate may begin to fall away from supporting the President.

President Trump is claiming that he could use authority to declare a “national emergency” to build his wall even if Congress doesn’t authorize it.

As the shutdown drags on, the President is digging in his heels even further.

A Federal Judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s efforts to limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum violates Federal law.

Now that the election is over, President Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media seem to have completely forgotten about the “invading” “caravan” of Central American asylum seekers.

The blatant stoking of irrational fear as campaign politics.

Yesterday’s test of the Presidential Alert system went about as planned.

Donald Trump’s trade war is helping China expand its diplomatic influence.

Your phone won’t be beeping on Thursday after all.

Be prepared to get a test message from the Federal Government at 2:18 pm Eastern Time on Thursday. This is only a test.