Outside the Beltway

Yesterday’s Falcon Heavy Launch was a near-complete success and another amazing advance in the race to the stars.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

Donald Trump’s own lawyers are afraid he can’t help but lie to such an extent that he should not sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.

A confusing new report from the Washington Post.

The two most important allegations in the Nunes memo appear to be complete lies.

Mostly it just tells us that Nunes and his allies are hacks.

President Trump is claiming that the Nunes memo vindicates him. He’s wrong.

My latest for The National Interest takes a contrarian view on the new National Defense Strategy.

National Review legal analyst David French argues that the Nunes memo actually undermines the central claim its proponents were seeking to bolster.

The 2008 Republican nominee for president condemned his party and its president for the release of a controversial memo attacking the FBI.

Republicans have released the memo prepared by Congressman Devin Nunes that purports to call into question the basis for the Russia investigation. In the end, though, it amounts to much ado about nothing.

Imagine a world where Hillary Clinton was President and stood accused of the same things Donald Trump and his campaign are currently under investigation for.

Robert Mueller’s investigators are looking at the President’s role in drafting a false statement regarding the June 2016 meeting between his son and a lawyer linked to the Russian government.

Yet another demand for a loyalty pledge from a law enforcement official by a President under investigation.

The President talked about national unity last night, but given his own rhetoric as a candidate and as a President, it’s a call that seems to be hypocritical.

Once again, President Trump is going soft on Russia. Why? I’ll leave that up to the reader to decide.

Andrew McCabe has stepped down as the FBI’s number two after months of attacks from President Trump.

Despite mounting evidence and outrageous behavior, Republicans nationwide and on Capitol Hill continue to do the Administration’s dirty work. They’ll most likely live to regret it.

America’s closest European allies are rebuffing the Trump Administration’s efforts to renegotiate the nuclear deal with Iran. They’re right to do so.

And the evidence for obstruction of justice continues to mount.

President Trump is apparently pressuring the President of South Korea to give him the credit for talks between North and South Korea that the United States isn’t involved in at all.

While everyone is paying attention to the government shutdown, the Trump Administration is preparing for a never-ending, unwise, and unauthorized military commitment in Syria.

Thanks to Donald Trump, public opinion around the world about the United States is at its lowest level in ten years.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

Former White House and Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

America’s closest allies sent a strong signal that they do not agree with President Trump on the nuclear deal with Iran.

Donald Trump’s irrational tweets are once again focused on the leader of North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is extending an olive branch of sorts to South Korea while simultaneously claiming success in achieving a nuclear deterrent.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

A new poll shows President Trump losing to a “Generic Democrat.” This poll means nothing.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

As he nears the one-year anniversary of his Inauguration, President Trump is getting increasingly bad reviews from the public.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

Vladimir Putin will easily win re-election, but some are beginning to wonder who or what comes after him.

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is floating the idea that the U.S. might not take part in the Olympics due to safety concerns. This would be a foolish decision.

Russia has been barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics after an investigation uncovered extensive evidence of cheating.

Donald Trump Jr. is claiming that some conversations between him and his father are covered by the attorney-client privilege. Based on what we know about those conversations, there’s a good possibility that he’s right.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

For a guy who considers the Russia investigation “Fake News,” President Trump sure is doing a lot to try to stop it.

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

Potentially bad news for President Trump in connection with the Russia investigation.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

It appears Russia attempted to influence last year’s Brexit vote in the same manner it did the 2016 election in the United States.

A Fox News host has debunked the Uranium One conspiracy theory being pushed by his own network.

President Trump returns home from an Asian trip that wasn’t exactly impressive.