Outside the Beltway

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.

The Egyptian military is promising a quick transition to new civilian leadership. Will they live up to their promise?

Ellis Goldberg, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington and an expert on Egyptian politics, has a pessimistic view about the likelihood that the military is interested in democratization.

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down — for reals this time.

While earlier in the day the indications were that Mubarak was on his way out, Mubarak himself had different plans it would seem. The question becomes: now what?

Hosni Mubarak refuses to step down. Things in Egypt may be about to get bad.

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is expected to step down after 17 days of pro-democracy protests.

Hosni Mubarak may hang on to some semblance of power longer than many expected in the middle of last weeks chaos, mostly because there are few other alternatives right now.

If Mubarak is driven from power, will that make Egypt a case of “revolution”?

Sarah Palin said something about the crisis in Egypt, but it’s not at all clear what she meant.

Some in Washington are claiming the intelligence community missed the warning signs of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt in what looks like little more than an effort to create scapegoats if things go wrong.

The end game in Egypt may be beginning.

Kenneth Cole used a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cairo protests to promote its new spring collection.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.

Today, Egypt seethed with rage, and the United States lost patience with its ally in Cairo.

The situation in Egypt is going from bad to worse.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s speech to the nation tonight seems destined to make the situation worse.

One Republican Congressman is calling on President Obama to stand firmly behind our “friend” in Cairo, even though there’s little evidence we can trust him.

The events in Egypt have led some to ask if the mere act of cutting off access to the Internet is, in itself, an human rights violation.

The Obama administration’s slow and cautious response to Egypt’s protest was frustrating. And correct.

The situatution in Egypt continues to escalate as the state strikes back at the prostests.

Anti-government protests raged in Egypt for a second day, and nobody seems to know where they’re headed.

Inevitably, the Nazis made an appearance during yesterday’s debate over health care reform in the House. It’s time for it to stop, or at least time for the rest of us to stop taking seriously anyone who resorts to such arguments.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was greeted with protests from some EU parliamentarians when he addressed them as its rotating president of the European Council.