Outside the Beltway

The Trump Administration will not try to stop former F.B.I. Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

A legendary statesman has passed.

Yet another report that the President of the United States sought to undermine an ongoing F.B.I. investigation.

Coming to a television set or Internet livestream near you sometime after Memorial Day.

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

Republicans are going to find it difficult to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.

Notwithstanding the election results, support for eliminating the Electoral College is at a 20-year low.

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

Some Hillary Clinton supporters have a foolish and unworkable “plan” to steal Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. They should abandon it.

Did Richard Nixon have knowledge of the future?

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

Are these the faces of Clinton voters? George P. Bush thinks so.

According to one report, the GOP’s longest living former President plans to vote for a Democrat this fall.

David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.

Early indications are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other older Justices don’t plan on leaving any time soon.

A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.

America’s largest voting bloc is heavily turned off by Donald Trump, and that is posing long-term problems for Republicans in general.

Things aren’t pretty inside the House of Trump these days.

Donald Trump started out his campaign by telling us that the American dream is dead, and he returned to those dark and pessimistic themes in his acceptance speech last night.00

Donald Trump’s open contempt for the Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press should disqualify him from being considered an acceptable candidate for President.

How much command of detail should we demand of presidential candidates?

Marco Rubio is ruling out a return to politics, at least for now.

A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.

Ben Carson and his supporters would have you believe that he is being subjected to unprecedented and unfair scrutiny. That assertion is completely false.

President Obama has apparently come to the same realization as many of his predecessors, that trying to craft a legacy by single-handedly bring about “Middle East Peace” is largely a waste of time.

Senator Bernie Sanders wants to let states decide how to regulate marijuana, or to not regulate it at all if they choose. Intellectually honest conservatives should support his effort.

Republicans seem to be thinking that Hillary Clinton will be an easier General Election candidate than the evidence suggests she is likely to be.

Whether they like it or not, it’s becoming quite apparent that Republicans may have to get used to the idea that Donald Trump really could be their nominee next year.

One of the nation’s preeminent polling firms is sitting out the 2016 primaries.

None of the top eight candidates in current polls have made a previous bid for the nomination.

Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves for the anti-immigrant Frankenstein in their midst.

He definitely wouldn’t appreciate it, but in some sense you can thank Robert Bork for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.

The final episode airs tonight. How will Matt Weiner will wrap it up?

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

John McCain is not a fan of Code Pink.

The next President will have a profound ability to shape the future of the Supreme Court, but that is unlikely to be the most important issue on voters minds in 2016.

After a disastrous campaign in 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be gearing up for a new run for the White House in 2016, but questions remain.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.