Outside the Beltway

The morning show co-hosts tied the knot at a secret ceremony at the National Archives.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Republicans have set a Judiciary Committee vote for less than a day after hearing from Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Several states are opening new investigations of the Catholic Church abuse scandal. It’s about time.

A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.

The Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued indictments against twelve Russian intelligence officials for election-related hacking, and in the process has shown most of the arguments made by the President and his surrogates regarding the Russia investigation are nonsense.

A Federal Judge has rejected a Trump Administration effort to change a 20-year-old legal settlement that bars long-term detention of immigrant families.

At least one red state Democrat will be voting against Gina Haspel.

Rudy Giuliani is basically now suggesting that his client would be willing to set off a Constitutional crisis that would make Watergate seem like a picnic.

When it comes to a potential interview with Robert Mueller, President Trump faces risks no matter what form that interview takes.

Robert Mueller has some questions for the President, and the wide range of topic areas should worry President Trump significantly.

After several days of speculation, it was confirmed that the leaders of North Korea and China had met in Beijing. This was meant as much for external consumption as it was the relationship between the two nations.

The JK Rowling-owned fan site is having trouble competing with fan-owned sites.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

The statute of limitations has expired. But he should never have been asked the question to begin with.

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.

More indications that Donald Trump Jr. was heavily involved in Trump campaign efforts to coordinate with foreign contacts regarding damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

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

Yesterday, the Supreme Court accepted a case that will determine whether the Fourth Amendment allows law enforcement to obtain location data without a search warrant.

Donald Trump seems to have an odd habit of sharing highly classified information with questionable people.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

A top Trump campaign adviser was the subject of a FISA warrant for at least part of last year.

Republicans in Congress are slavishly seeking to divert attention from wrongdoing by Donald Trump, or Russia.

More conflicts of interest for the Trump Administration.

The personal, the political, and the Foundation are so intertwined as to be one enterprise.

Pfizer has become the latest drug maker from barring its products from being used in executions.

One down. How many more to go?

Hillary Clinton’s own campaign admits she “didn’t think it through” when she decided to use a private email server as Secretary of State.

If a Russian solider dies, it’s now a secret thanks to a new decree signed by the Russian President.

Drip, Drip, Drip.

Director of National Intelligence now tells Congress that he testified falsely about NSA spying because he forgot the program existed.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

Hillary Clinton’s use of email while Secretary of State pretty much violated every Federal law and regulation on the issue.

A Google Executive jumps from the edge of space, breaking a record.

A new report from the New York Times confirms the adage that, in war, the first casualty is the truth.

Everyone knows that Israel has had nuclear weapons for decades. Don’t tell anyone—it’s a secret.

Dan Froomkin says Obama is as bad as Bush, if not worse.

The US intelligence community is gambling that it can be more efficient through a public-private partnership than going it alone.

The NSA and FBI are doing more spy stuff.

The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

The “paper of record” joins the call for some kind of deal with Edward Snowden.