Outside the Beltway

Just joking edition.

We may have the first known case of a crime committed in space.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

Thanks to a ruling by the Puerto Rican Supreme Court, the island Commonwealth has its third Governor in less than a week.

Embattled Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló has stepped down but succession issues surround the man who took the oath of office late yesterday.

Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

For the first time in a century, a chamber of Congress has voted to condemn a sitting President. That won’t stop this President.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who hid from fire during last year’s school shooting in Florida has been charged criminally. The legal basis for those charges seems flimsy.

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

The way the Navy and Congress have handled this has been abysmal.

Republican Congressman Justin Amash has always been a rebel within his own party, now he’s making that even more apparent.

America’s leading motivational speaker and self-help guru is coming under fire.

We already know enough to impeach.

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared “case closed” on the Mueller Report and the Russia investigation. This is far from the truth.

The President has hit a dubious milestone barely two years into his administration.

An argument for an exception to the style guides.

In case anyone needs a refresher.

Congress is doing its damned job for a change.

The former Vice President is seen as “just right” by likely Caucus goers.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

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.

The former #2 official at the FBI is trying to sell a book.

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.

A new report raises an old question that’s now irrelevant.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

A Federal Judge has blocked the Trump Administration from going forward with a plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of The House again after eight years out of power, but there’s little time for her to celebrate.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S, Attorney for the Southern District of New York have filed sentencing memos that directly implicate the President in a series of felonies.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin are responding to their party’s losses at the Gubernatorial level by attempting to restrict the powers of the incoming Democratic Governor.

A state trial court Judge in New York rejected efforts by the Donald Trump to halt a lawsuit alleging charity fraud in connection with the operation of The Trump Foundation.

Trump, Scott, and their allies are not doing America any favors.

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

For the second time this year, a Federal Court has struck down a state law designed to punish businesses that engage in a boycott aimed at Israel.

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.

After a long and contentious battle, Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to become the 114th Supreme Court Justice.

The F.B.I.’s updated background check is complete and will be reviewed by Senators beginning today. As a result, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving forward toward a final vote on the Kavanaugh nomination later this week.

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.

A telling contrast of two Georgetown Prep schoolmates.