Outside the Beltway

The world loses a genuine war hero.

The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.

Some Democrats and political pundits are putting Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke forward as a potential 2020 candidate, but he says no.

The Catholic Church’s problems may have just gotten a lot more serious.

The Saudi Arabian Government is finally acknowledging that Jamal Khashoggi is dead. Their explanation for his death, though, is too absurd to be believed.

President Trump is heaping praise on a Congressman who physically assaulted a reporter.

Former Arizona Sheriff and Senate candidate Joe Arpaio is suing The New York Times for defamation. He doesn’t appear to have much of a case.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

Another example of just how imperfect our system of justice can be.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

The evidence linking the Saudi Crown Prince to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi seems irrefutable.

Marijuana is now legal in Canada, and many people are watching the country to see how it adjusts to this change.

Several of the men apparently tied to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi have close ties to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the President

For a number of reasons, we may not know the outcome of the midterm elections on Election Night.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Washington, D.C this week, but his letter reveals that he still has a blind spot when it comes to the Catholic abuse scandal.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.

At this point, corruption, dishonesty, and insanity are just baked in.

The evidence that Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post columnist and American Permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi appears to be incontrovertible.

One month before voters in several states head to the polls to vote on legalization referendums, a new poll shows that public support for legalization remains at record high levels.

Debunking a theory for why the Kavanaugh nomination was supposedly “rushed.”

Hope Hicks jumps from one pro-Trump venue to another.

BREAKING NEWS from multiple major news outlets.

With four weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump and the Republicans are continuing to stoke the divisions laid bare by the Kavanaugh nomination.

President Trump got his revised version of NAFTA, but Canadians are less positive about the United States than they have been in at least twenty years.

September jobs growth fell short of expectations even as the top-line unemployment rate reached a point unseen since 1969.

Brett Kavanaugh is expressing some regrets over his performance last Thursday, but it’s largely far too little, far too late.

At least for the moment, the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be helping Republicans rally their base for November. The question is whether it will last after the fight is over.

After roughly a week of staying silent, President Trump decided last night to openly mock Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

Much of what Donald Trump has claimed about how he built his fortune is a lie, and at least part of it originated in his father’s shady efforts to evade taxes.

After placing limits on the scope of the F.B.I.’s reopened background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the White House has relented and is allowing a more open-ended investigation.

A Federal Judge ruled late last week that a lawsuit under the Foreign Emoluments Clause by more than 200 Congressmen and Senators can proceed forward.

For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court starts a new term down one Justice. That isn’t as big a problem as it might seem.

After passing on the opportunity in 2016, Elizabeth Warren is leaving the door open to a run for President in 2020.

Is the reopened investigation of Brett Kavanaugh a real investigation of the charges made against him by three separate women, or is it a political sham? It’s beginning to look much more like the latter than the former.

By popular demand . . .

The legal troubles for Tesla’s Elon Musk just got a lot more serious.

President Trump is once again threatening to lower the tariff hammer on one of America’s most reliable allies and biggest trading partners.

After eight hours of testimony, the only impression a non-partisan mind could be left with from the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh is that we need a full investigation of the charges against the Supreme Court nominee. Unfortunately, we’re not going to get that.

Just hours before hearings that will likely determine the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, new accusations and revelations are coming to light.

Less than a day before a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a third woman has come forward with new allegations involving Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

President Trump’s second speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations wasn’t much better than the first, but it it did get the world laughing at us.

In an ordinary year with an ordinary candidate New Jersey should be a slam dunk for Democrats. This, however, is not an ordinary year.

Republicans have set a Judiciary Committee vote for less than a day after hearing from Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Six siblings of Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar are starring in political ads against him. This is just another unfortunate example of the extent to which our political culture has been ruined by hyperpartisan polarization.

New allegations of sexual misconduct mark the start of a crucial week for the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

We’ll likely never know whether the Supreme Court nominee is a sexual assaulter. But it really doesn’t matter.