Outside the Beltway

Michele Bachmann asked God if she should run for the U.S. Senate. Apparently, she got an answer.

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.

Your tax dollars at work.

As we near the end of the year, the President’s job approval numbers remain at historically low levels, and there’s no sign that they’ll improve in 2018.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

Some Democratic Senators are suggesting that Al Franken should reconsider his decision to resign from the Senate.

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

As expected, Minnesota’s Governor has named his Lt. Governor to replace Al Franken in the Senate.

A top Republican political analyst is warning that a Roy Moore victory in Alabama could pose real problems for Republicans in 2018. If it does, they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves.

Another one bites the dust.

Al Franken’s Senate career reaches its inevitable end.

A fitting honor for women who have brought to light an issue that was swept under the rug for far too long.

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

The longest-serving member of the House has retired amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

As I’ve said before, the Republican Party in the Trump Era has become the party of Trumpaloons, sycophants, sellouts, and cowards.

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

More troubles for Minnesota Senator Al Franken.

President Trump put his thumb on the scale for Roy Moore, ignoring the allegations of harassment and sexual abuse that have been made against the candidate.

Drip, Drip, Drip?

New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand says Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Raising the question of just how stringently we should apply the standards of today to the events of the past.

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

Another Alabama woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting him when she was a teenager.

The Moore situation illustrates the nonhierarchical nature of US parties. This is nothing new.

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

A hung jury in the Cosby sexual assault case results in a mistrial.

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

Another big change at Fox News Channel.

For better or worse, the third Presidential debate will largely be remembered for one thing.

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

It just keeps getting worse.

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.

If the allegations of a new lawsuit are true, things are truly lurid behind the scenes at Fox News Channel.

Former President Clinton is set to hit the campaign trail for his wife in the New Year, and that could make things quite entertaining.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

A report prepared for the N.F.L. regarding the so-called ‘DeflateGate’ scandal doesn’t have very good news for the Patriots or their star quarterback.

Even innocent interactions with women in public can amount to harassment. Where should we draw the line?

Barring shocking developments, General Joe Dunford will be the 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps.

From Massachusetts, a ruling that might make little sense to the lay person but which seems to be right on the law.

The Secretary of the Army has ordered discharge proceedings to begin on all convicted sex offenders.

The military is cracking down on sexual assault. The pendulum may be swinging too far.