Outside the Beltway

Red lives matter.

The grand jury was disbanded, so there was no need to continue the coercion tactic.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

Five men have been sentenced to die by a Saudi Arabian court for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but the parties who are really responsible are getting off scot-free.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

After a year of controversy and investigation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicated on charges of fraud and bribery.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is basically a non-entity in the race for the Democratic nomination, will not be running for re-election.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

After a week of silence, Bernie Sanders campaign confirm that he had a heart attack earlier this week.

More information released last night confirmed the extent to which the United States was linking progress on its relationship with Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden and his son.

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

The White House has succeeded in killing, for now, the White House Daily Press Briefing and in making itself the least transparent Administration in recent history.

Cory Booker’s campaign is basically admitting they’re at the end of the road.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

A new poll shows that most Americans want President Trump out of office, but don’t want to see the House impeach him.

The Trump campaign and several other parties have filed lawsuits challenging California’s new law requiring candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns.

Bill Waller is the second candidate for GOP nomination for Governor of Mississippi who is refusing to allow female reporters to travel alone with him when he’s campaigning.

California’s legislature has passed a law purporting to require candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns, but it’s likely to face legal challenges if it becomes law.

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been indicted on seventeen counts under the Espionage Act arising out of his role in the Chelsea Manning affair.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

California is the latest state to try to force all Presidential candidates, including the President, to release their tax returns as a condition for getting on the ballot. It’s not at all clear that this is permitted under the Constitution.

Newly discovered evidence shows that foreign governments have expanded their leasing of space from at least one Trump-owned office building in New York City.

The Deputy Attorney General has some things to say about Congress, the press, and others.

The story is shifting, which makes me even more suspicious.

Bernie also faces disclosure pressures.

The Speaker says she will reject any attempt to deliver it in a “highly classified” manner.

The Friday news dump to beat all Friday news dumps.

The HUD Secretary’s practice of treating Friday as a light-duty day is just fine by me.

A 2016 Trump Campaign staffer has filed a lawsuit against the President alleging that she was assaulted by Trump during the campaign.

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General appeared to go very well, making confirmation essentially a certainty.

Bernie Sanders is facing questions about sexual harassment from women who worked on his 2016 campaign as he prepares a likely run for President in 2020.

A preliminary report from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan found at least 500 Catholic Priests whose abuse of children had been covered up by Church officials.

Republicans scored a win in Court last week, but it seems likely to lead to a political loss in the long-term.

Once again, President Trump is threatening a shutdown over the border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

Florida has begun the recount process in both the Senate and Governor’s races. Where it goes from here is anyone’s guess.

When do we stop pretending that Fox News Channel is anything other than State Run Media for the Trump Administration?

As the Saudis continue to dissemble and put forward an utterly implausible explanation for the death of Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump Administration shows no sign of having a spine.

President Trump is preparing to scrap a thirty-year-old treaty that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. It would be a foolish mistake.

President Trump is serving as a knowing apologist for a despotic regime.

Nearly four years after the fact, a Chicago Police Officer has been found guilty of murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

The legal troubles for Tesla’s Elon Musk just got a lot more serious.

After a day of political pressure, Senate Republicans have agreed to hold a hearing regarding the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh next week.

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

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.