Outside the Beltway

Wednesday’s Congressional testimony by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller wasn’t exactly a ratings blockbuster.

While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.

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.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.

Mark Esper has been confirmed and sworn in as the next Secretary of Defense, ending a period of nearly 100 days during which the Pentagon was headed by a succession of Acting Secretaries.

Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf thanks to a collection of actions by Iran, the United States, and United Kingdom.

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

House Democrats rejected an effort by a member of the progressive wing of the party to force an impeachment inquiry against the President.

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

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

Delay of game.

The House Judiciary Committee has upped the ante in the showdown between the Trump Administration and Congress.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

In memos to his superiors, the British Ambassador to the United States had an exceedingly frank, and negative, assessment of the current occupant of the White House.

Whether he knows it or not, Donald Trump is assisting the Russian leader in his goal of undermining the foundational institutions of democracy and freedom.

Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.

The latest in the wars against liberalism.

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

Eight months later, the President and his Administration continue to refuse to acknowledge the truth about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

The Trump Administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran yesterday. They’re unlikely to accomplish the entirely unrealistic goals the President claims to have in mind.

Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.

A possible way forward?

Not surprisingly, the President’s opening speech of the 2020 campaign was filed with lies.

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

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf as the Iran war hawks seem to be winning the battle for the President’s support.

Four years ago, Donald Trump began his campaign for President. What has followed has been as bad as could have been predicted that day.

A new report in The New York Times raises both national security and Constitutional concerns.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg laid out his foreign policy platform in a speech this week. It’s certainly an improvement over the current President.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump during the campaign and in the White House, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

President Trump says that he would not spy on a rival regime like North Korea, once again making one wonder where his loyalties lie.

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

Donald Trump continues to lie at a record pace. Does anyone care?

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.

While the American media was paying attention to President travels and travails in Europe, there was another meeting taking place.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

The White House is continuing to stonewall legitimate Congressional investigations, but Congress is starting to push back.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.