Outside the Beltway

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

Continuing the conversation from James Joyner’s post.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

The Federal Budget Deficit rose 27% in July, putting it on course for the $1 trillion by the end of September.

The Trump campaign and several other parties have filed lawsuits challenging California’s new law requiring candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns.

A Republican State Legislator in Nebraska says things that other Republicans don’t have the courage to say.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

Trump’s attacks on racial minorities are going to continue, and get worse, the closer we get to 2020. Because stirring up fear and racial resentment among white working-class voters is the only way he can win.

Even a Fox News poll finds that the American public finds the President’s recent rhetoric to be racist. There’s a different picture when you look at his supporters, though.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

In contrast to the idea of granting statehood to the District of Columbia, the American public appears to strongly support statehood for Puerto RIco.

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

On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.

The DNC has $9.3 million to the RNC’s $44 million.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez already has a Republican challenger, but she doesn’t really need to worry about it.

Former South Carolina Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is reportedly considering an intra-party challenge to President Trump

California’s legislature has passed a law purporting to require candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns, but it’s likely to face legal challenges if it becomes law.

The legal and political showdown between Congress and the White House has entered into a new stage.

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

Well, maybe.

The Trump Era is raising doubts about many things, including America’s most important alliance.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

The President is defending his racist tweets against four Democratic Congresswomen, calling them Communists who hate America.

The Federal Budget Deficit passed the $700 Billion mark with three months still to go in the Fiscal Year.

Trump opened his mouth and, once again, racist bilge came spewing out.

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Susan Collins hasn’t officially announced her intentions for 2020 just yet, but she looks like she’s running for re-election. If she does, she appears to be facing some political headwinds.

The Congressional Budget Office assesses several reform proposals.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

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?

A convergence of OTB discussions.

The Republican Party is ruining the country. But so are the Democrats?

In the first poll since he entered the race, Roy Moore finds himself in third place in the race for the 2020 Republican Nomination for Senate in Alabama.

Is the Sanders-Warren position too extreme for the general election?

Polls are starting to show that the number of Republicans embarrassed by the President’s rhetoric and behavior is rising. Sorry guys, it’s too late now. You broke it, you bought it.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

The GOP Senators standing up against the President’s tariffs on Mexico are being called courageous. I’m wondering what took them so long to stand up.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Starting tomorrow, we should be getting some headline-grabbing opinions from the Supreme Court.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.