Outside the Beltway

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.

The soldier who became a national figure for testifying against President Trump has had enough.

The former NSC staffer who testified against Trump is at a career crossroads.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

Presidents have appointed loyalists since time immemorial. Has this one gone too far?

We’re passing grim milestones on a daily basis.

A proportional response.

If a global pandemic and economic crisis weren’t enough excitement . . . .

Nobody even agrees on what baselines to use.

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

A new report details the extent to which the eighteen-year Afghanistan War has been marked by mistakes, and lies by the government to cover-up the fact that we went to war without a clear understanding of what we were doing.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

New revelations punch a big hole in Republican defenses of the President.

The Secretary of the Navy was abruptly dismissed late yesterday in a dispute over the a case involving a SEAL accused of war crimes.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

Suicide has become a bigger threat to members of the military and veterans than combat. That needs to change.

Revisiting a recent post.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

The GOP’s efforts to defend the President are becoming more desperate and pathetic by the day.

A top U.S. diplomat involved in Ukraine policy confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo regarding U.S aid to Ukraine.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

Just days after President Trump agreed to remove American forces from the scene, Turkish forces are entering northern Syria and Kurdish forces say they ar ready for war.

The United States is withdrawing its small force from Northern Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish invasion that will likely
aim to wipeout the Kurdish forces in the region.

Greg Sargent usefully lays out the basics.

Just days before he repeatedly pressured the President of Ukraine to reopen a closed investigation involving the son of former Vice-President Biden, President Trump suspended military aid that had been authorized by Congress.

As the Saudis continue to evaluate the impact of the weekend attack on a major oil facility, the Trump Administration tones down the anti-Iran rhetoric just a bit.

Eighteen years after the September 11th attacks, it’s becoming harder to remember what the world used to be like.

The Air Force’s use of Trump hotels predates his presidency—but is still highly problematic.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

A Federal Judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the DNC alleging a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

Once again, President Trump can’t help but make something meant to recognize real American heroes all about himself.

The Supreme Court handed the President a victory last night, ruling that the Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging his funding of the border wall did not have standing to challenge his diversion of Defense Department funds. This may only be a temporary victory, though.

Mark Esper has been confirmed and sworn in as the next Secretary of Defense, ending a period of nearly 100 days during which the Pentagon was headed by a succession of Acting Secretaries.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

Trump’s self-congratulatory July 4th nonsense bankrupted the District of Columbia’s security fund, now they’re seeking reimbursement.

Adm. William Moran had been set to become Chief of Naval Operations in three weeks.

The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?

The Trump Administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran yesterday. They’re unlikely to accomplish the entirely unrealistic goals the President claims to have in mind.