Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Plus some comparisons of Trump/Obama and Trump/Bill Clinton.

According to initial estimates, the economy grew at faster pace in the second quarter than at the beginning of the year, but it was hardly anything to write home about.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

Robert Mueller seems to be getting closer to the President, and the Administration is responding by seeking to undermine his investigation.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

The June Jobs Report was significantly better than what we saw in May but on the whole not different from what we’ve seen for the last three years or so.

Foolishly, President Trump is rolling back part of President Obama’s opening to Cuba.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

A new report from Forbes alleges that Eric Trump’s foundation was used as a front to divert money to businesses owned by his father.

President Trump responded to last night’s terror attacks by taking to Twitter.

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords was neither the big win his supporters claim nor the disaster his critics fear.

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

House Republicans are making yet another push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but they once again may not have the votes.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.

The background of the United incident, from an aviation law and policy perspective.

Republicans are saying that repealing the PPACA isn’t off the table, but practically speaking it probably is.

A major legislative defeat for Paul Ryan, the House GOP, and President Trump.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

With a vote tentatively scheduled for this evening, House Republicans appear to lack the votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.

Two more losses for the Trump Administration.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

The Supreme Court has decided to return the case involving a transgender student’s right to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity to the Fourth Circuit rather than deciding it during this term.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

Another judicial slap at the Trump Administration.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

President Trump hinted today that he’s likely to name his Supreme Court choice next week, and the list to appears have narrowed to three men.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

While vigilance is called for, America will survive Donald Trump just as it has survived everything else we’ve faced since the nation’s founding.

Donald Trump will take some time off after taking the Oath of Office.

The economy grew strongly in the third quarter of the year, but it doesn’t seem likely to last.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

The fight for marijuana legalization advances in California.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Federal law and the rights of transgender students.

Another sign of a weak economy as the Federal Reserve considers rate hikes and the Presidential campaign moves forward.

A Federal Court has barred the Federal Government from enforcing guidelines on the rights of transgender students in public schools.

There’s nothing compasssionate about protectionism.

Responding to comments on this morning’s post.

A Federal Judge in North Dakota has struck down that state’s Voter ID Law, the fourth such decision in less than a month.

Well that took long enough.

As President Obama starts campaigning for Hillary Clinton, a perennial question arises.