Outside the Beltway

Squirrel!

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere were gambling when they lined up behind Donald Trump. So far, they’ve lost.

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

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.

H.R. McMaster is fighting a losing battle for control of the National Security Council staff.

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

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

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

Donald Trump is turning out to be a man uniquely obsessed with appearances, and it’s impacting his entire Administration.

What is the deal with the love-fest for Julian Assange?

Republicans are afraid to oppose Donald Trump for fear that his supporters will come after them.

Roger Ailes’s sexual harassment has led to Fox News paying out some big dollars.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, Donald Trump has had three separate positions on how he’d deal with illegal immigrants already in the country.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

Big change at America’s most-watched cable news network.

As the allegations of sexual harassment grow, reports are also growing that Roger Ailes may be out at Fox News much sooner than many may have anticipated.

Donald Trump canceled his speech at CPAC, but it’s unlikely to harm his campaign at all.

Tonight’s results in South Carolina could have a significant impact on the race going forward. (Plus, a projection)

Donald Trump takes his war with Fox News Channel up a notch, saying he won’t participate in Thursday’s Republican Presidential Debate.

Sarah Palin has joined such luminaries as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in endorsing Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration plan.

Donald Trump’s demagoguery and disdain for individual liberty enters a new phase.

While it did draw 14 million viewers, last night’s CNBC debate had the smallest audience of any Presidential debate so far. That was probably a good thing for CNBC considering how bad the debate was.

The man who will likely be the next Speaker of the House accidentally acknowledged the real motivation behind the Select Committee investigating, yet again, the Benghazi attack.

Iraq seems to becoming a political headache for yet another member of the Bush family.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now appealing to the worst aspects of economic populism on the right.

Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.

Rand Paul has changed position on several foreign policy issues, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

Rick Perry is sending 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the border to do nothing.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

The president went there.

The Fox News Channel created “War On Christmas” officially entered the absurd zone last week.

Is Mike Huckabee about to re-enter politics in a big way?

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

The nation’s second largest broadcaster is balking at the prices to keep Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on its air.

Sarah Palin hinted about running for Senate in Alaska. Most likely, she’s once again just teasing her supporters.

The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.

Yesterday was not a good day for the Cable “News” Network.