Outside the Beltway

The Justice Department appears to be on the verge of charging Russian government officials in connection with election-related hacking.

A Trump Campaign official has been charged with and pled guilty to charges of lying to the F.B.I. regarding contacts with Russian officials.

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.

The first shoes appear ready to drop in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.

There’s something in the water up at Harvard……

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

Special counsel Robert Mueller could be looking to “flip” Paul Manafort, giving President Trump and those close to him something new to worry about.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

Donald Trump Jr. spoke yesterday with Senate investigators, and his answers raise more questions than they answer.

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

President Trump’s attempts to interfere in the administration of justice go beyond the Russia investigation.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

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.

White House insiders have renewed efforts to oust Presidential adviser Steve Bannon. Can they succeed?

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

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.

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.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are making clear that President Trump’s tweets are not official policy. At least not yet.

President Trump’s weeklong effort to undermine his own Attorney General continues.

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

The pardon issue could be a serious inflection point.

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

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

Add another example of an undisclosed Russia-linked meeting and Team Trump.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

Donald Trump’s Presidency is young, but he’s already on track to become the biggest liar ever to occupy the Oval Office.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

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

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

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

He could provide insight into the relationship between Trump campaign officials and Russian officials and the circumstances behind the firing of former F.B.I. Director James Comey.

In addition to everything else on its plate, Congress will have to revisit raising the debt ceiling again sometime this summer.

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.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

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

President Trump is reportedly considering at least partly reversing one of the great foreign policy successes of the Obama Presidency.

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.

The President’s Son-In-Law has reportedly become a ‘focus’ of the ongoing F.B.I. investigation. That puts the President in a very awkward position.

A new poll reports that most Americans don’t believe the President when it comes to key parts of the Russia investigation.

Trump’s decision to retain outside counsel is not surprising. Whether he will listen to Kasowitz any more than he appears to be listening to his White House advisers, of course, is an entirely different question.