Outside the Beltway

A pattern is emerging.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent whose identity was outed during the Bush Administration, is running for Congress in New Mexico.

President Trump says he wants to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but his own lawyers clearly don’t trust him enough to allow that to go forward.

Donald Trump hinted that he’s considering a pardon for Muhammad Ali, but Ali doesn’t need a pardon.

Based on a strict reading of the Constitution, a sitting President probably does have the power to pardon himself. That doesn’t mean he should be allowed to get away with it without consequence.

It’s a valid question, but one should also be careful about drawing conclusions based on how a person in Trump’s position acts.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

Out of the blue, President Trump plans to pardon Dick Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, but the move seems to have more to do with James Comey than it does Scooter Libby.

Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.

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.

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

In a sign that the ongoing F.B.I. investigation into her use of a private email server and handling of classified information is coming to an end, the former Secretary of State was interviewed by Federal Agents today.

A federal judge poses an interesting question in a case over Obama’s contraceptive mandate.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

WSJ has a blistering editorial seeking to put the NewsCorp hacking scandal in perspective.

Sure, there’s a lot of crap out there. But it’s easier to find good information and engage with experts than ever.

After 1 1/2 years in office, President Obama has yet to grant a single request for a pardon or clemency, continuing a thirty year trend in which the Presidential pardon power has nearly fallen in to disuse.