Outside the Beltway

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

New reports of Trump’s business ties to Russia are raising eyebrows.

President Trump remains obsessed with the Russian investigation and continues to try to shut it down.

A new report indicates that Trump campaign officials were seeking contact with Russian officials earlier than we thought.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

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

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

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

Trump and his underlings continue to lie, even about the most trivial of matters.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

Reports are indicating that Donald Trump may be looking to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Rudy Giuliani.

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

The revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with someone represented as being a Russian government official just keep getting worse.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a Trump family member in the cross hairs.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his investigation to include the allegation that President Trump may have attempted to obstruct justice

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

President Trump says he’d be willing to testify under oath in response to former F.B.I Director Comey’s accusations. That would be a mistake for several reasons.

James Comey’s testimony today wasn’t the end of the Russia investigation. Indeed, we are only at the beginning of the beginning, and it’s likely to get worse for the President before it gets better.

Based on his just released opening testimony, tomorrow’s testimony by Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is likely to be explosive.

Most Americans believe that President Trump has been actively trying to block the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation

A seemingly ‘safe choice’ for F.B. I. Director.

Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is now expected to testify before Congress next week, and will reportedly confirm previous reports that the President pressured him to end the Bureau’s Russia investigation.

The Trump White House loses ts first major staffer, and more are likely to come.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken says he’s not running for President. Is this a real denial, or a non-denial denial, though?

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

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

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

After news of the appointment of a special counsel in the Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s persecution complex was on full display.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

In a slap to the face of the N.F.L. and Commissioner Roger Goodell, an arbitrator has overturned the indefinite suspension that was imposed on former Ravens Running Back Ray Rice back in September.

Thanks to one question from one Senator, we learned yesterday that the FBI has used surveillance drones inside the United States.

Once again, national security wins and privacy loses.

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

Top administration and congressional officials can skip the indignities of airport screening, even when they fly commercial.

It’s been a decade since al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, killing 17 American sailors. The perpetrators are still at large.