Outside the Beltway

Trump campaign officials are worried about the President’s chances of holding onto a state that was crucial to his win in 2020. They should be.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

The President’s re-election fund-raising is off to a fast start.

The tone and content of President Trump’s 2020 campaign is already quite apparent.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to sound like someone seriously considering running against Donald Trump.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

Jeff Flake says he won’t be running against President Trump in 2020, but there may be others.

Looking ahead, the political landscape does not look well for the President.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

Contrary to what they believed back in December. Republicans are finding that the tax reform bill is not helping them in the midterm elections.

As I have repeatedly noted: Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.

Paul Laxalt, the former Nevada Senator who was one of President Reagan’s closest confidantes outside the White House, has died at 96.

A Special Election tomorrow in suburban Columbus, Ohio could tell us a lot about where the midterm elections might be headed.

Republicans will hold their 2020 National Convention in the same city that hosted the Democrats back in 2012.

In a new interview, former Trump attorney and ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen gives the strongest signal yet that he’s ready to cooperate with investigators.

A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

GOP primary voters continue to reward staunch supporters of the President and punish those who get on his bad side.

Democrats have adopted a new rule requiring future candidates for President to certify that they are Democrats, but it seems largely unenforceable.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are objecting to the proposed changes in the role of superdelegates in the party’s nomination process.

New documents reveal that the Limited Liability Company that paid off Stormy Daniels also received payments from a company linked to a Russian oligarch.

Failed Senate candidate Roy Moore is suing several of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct during last year’s campaign.

As expected, a Republican won the Special Election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, but it’s not a win Republicans should really be celebrating.

Hillary Clinton isn’t running for anything in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from running against her.

The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Running for and being President of the United States has been very lucrative for the family business.

President Trump is on the attack against James Comey as the former F.B.I. Director begins his book tour.

Hang on, the ride on the Trump Train is about to get a lot bumpier.

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

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

Meet Matthew Peterson, a nominee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia who apparently doesn’t know much about trials.

With ten days to go, the Senate race in Alabama between Roy Moore and Doug Jones is close.

The charges against Roy Moore continue to mount as national Republicans continue to push back against him.

With less than forty-eight hours to go, the race for Virginia’s Governor is tighter than ever.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

The nation’s only competitive Governor’s this year appears to be going in favor of the Democratic candidate.

Bob Corker, who has served in the Senate since winning election in 2006, announced yesterday that he would not stand for re-election.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

They may both be Republicans, but the relationship between the President and the Senate Majority Leader is bad and seems to be getting worse.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.