Outside the Beltway

John Dowd allegedly raised the possibility while the Mueller investigation was closing in on the two presidential advisors.

Much of Atlanta city government has been forced to rely on pen and paper this week thanks to a Ransomware attack.

California has pushed back quickly against the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 Census.

Critics warn this move would lead to a drastic undercount of Hispanic voters, impacting Congressional districting, federal programs, and more.

A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.

So, not conspiracy theory lawyer after all.

From Europe to the Middle East, to Asia, America’s allies are concerned about what the selection of John Bolton as National Security Adviser means going forward. They should be, and so should every American.

President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.

Uh oh.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal is suing the publisher of the National Enquirer for the right to tell her story of an alleged affair with President Trump in 2006.

Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.

Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”

We don’t yet have enough information to assign blame here. Naturally, that’s not stopping anyone.

Joseph E. diGenova has touted the theory that rogue FBI elements have tried to frame Trump in the Russia probe.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

Theresa May’s government has not hit Russian oligarchs nearly as hard as they deserve because the UK benefits from turning a blind eye.

A contest with no serious challenger will make him the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

The FBI’s former deputy director was shamefully fired late Friday night, after which President Trump gloated on Twitter.

ProPublica has retracted an explosive but erroneous report about the nominee to be the next CIA Director.

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

Students across the country are staging 17-minute protests at 10 am in their time zones.

Stephen Hawking possessed one of the greatest minds in history, but he will likely be most remembered for not letting a debilitating disease stop him from contributing to our understanding of the universe.

While examples of Hollywood sexism are seemingly endless, this is not one of them.

By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Next up: Pompeo

By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.

Service members deployed to Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda qualify.

Anderson Cooper has interviewed adult film star Stormy Daniels for 60 Minutes, but lawyers for President Trump are apparently considering legal action to stop the report from airing.

CJR’s Dan Mitchell has a tiny quibble with a recent viral NYT thumbsucker. 

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Netflix no longer offers President Frank Underwood. They’re lining up a replacement.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

The eighty year old mystery regarding the fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart may have taken a step toward being solved if the results of a new forensic study are correct.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors is out after failing to convince the boss not to impose tariffs.

The President suffered a setback in his other job yesterday.

The Kim regime released a statement saying they were open to talks and would not conduct provocative tests while they were ongoing.

While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

How ‘tainted’ must a funder be before a charity is obliged to reject the donation?

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

The latest, and most grave, example of the current tide of right-wing populism can be found in Italy.

Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?