Outside the Beltway

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

The lawyer who met with President Trump’s oldest son and other top Trump campaign officials is now admitting that she is a Russian informant.

The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of 2018 beat expectations slightly, but it doesn’t bode well for the immediate future.

Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but it’s unlikely to go anywhere beyond that.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban. It didn’t appear to go well for the challengers.

The Commission on College Basketball recommended an end to the one-and-done rule and other major reforms.

As expected, a Republican won the Special Election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, but it’s not a win Republicans should really be celebrating.

The transformation is complete. The GOP is now the party of Donald Trump. If you’re sticking around and not speaking out against what the President represents, you’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Based on his recent behavior, it’s clear that the President is worried about how loyal Michael Cohen might actually turn out to be.

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

Former F.B.I, Director James Comey’s memos regarding his meeting with Donald Trump early in 2017 have been released, and they corroborate everything Comey has said about those conversations.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

Cuba has a new President and he isn’t named Castro, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to see significant change in the near future.

Unable to get his way with the legislature, New York’s governor is taking a provocative step.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.

The parents of two of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing Alex Jones for falsely accusing them of lying about the deaths of their children.

Membership has its privileges.

The star of “Night Court” and “Dave’s World” is gone.

The Editorial Board of the Newspaper of Record urges Congressional Republicans to steady themselves for a constitutional crisis.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

President Trump is on the attack against James Comey as the former F.B.I. Director begins his book tour.

Donald Trump could have more to worry about regarding the investigation of Michael Cohen than he does regarding the Mueller investigation.

There is no obvious strategy and even the expressed rationale makes no sense.

Hang on, the ride on the Trump Train is about to get a lot bumpier.

Even the United Nations has given up trying to maintain an accurate estimate.

Out of the blue, President Trump plans to pardon Dick Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, but the move seems to have more to do with James Comey than it does Scooter Libby.

A decryption device called GrayKey is being used by all manner of government agencies.

Trump suggests US might seek to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

A plurality of Americans aged 18 to 34 have no idea how many people were killed, what Auschwitz was, or how Hitler came to power.

Paul Ryan won’t be running for re-election this year, opening up both a Congressional seat and a leadership spot.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

The United States has several options in Syria. None of them are good and one of them would be disastrous.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

In a move apparently connected to the Stormy Daniels affair, Federal authorities have raided the office of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

Republicans are raising the fear of impeachment to motivate a base that could become disaffected heading into November.

A response to one of the most deadly chemical attacks in the Syrian civil war has come, probably from Israel. What’s next?

Trump’s tariff plan isn’t going over well in farm country, and that could cause problems for the GOP in November.

The great negotiator in the White House is likely underestimating the tools available to Xi.

Speaking of trade war talk…

March’s Jobs Report fell far short of expectations.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

A woman who was fired after a photograph of her giving the middle finger to President Trump’s motorcade went viral is suing her former employer. She doesn’t have much of a case.

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

President Trump is talking about pulling American troops out of Syria, but his own White House is contradicting him.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

As a general rule, Presidents are entitled to have a Cabinet and advisers he is comfortable with, but a Cabinet full of “yes men” is not ideal with any President, and certainly not with this one.