Outside the Beltway

If your case needs a 9/11 boost, perhaps your case is weak.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Policies towards Iran and NK are both a mess.

Another one bites the dust.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily survived a challenge for leadership of the Likud Party.

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

The truth is that many voters are paying attention to issues that have nothing to do with impeachment or simply ignoring politics altogether.

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.

Willie Simmons is 61 years old. He’s spent the last 38 years in prison for stealing $9.00 thanks to what clearly appears to be an unjust and overly hard “habitual offender” statute. His story is far too common.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gets a lesson in governing the hard way.

Last night, Trump decided it would be a good idea to attack a dead Congressman and his widow.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

The President of the United States has sent a bizarre, rant-filled letter to the Speaker of the House. Revealing just how unbalanced he actually is.

After an online backlash, The Hallmark Channel has reversed its decision to ban ads featuring a lesbian couple.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party scored a huge win in yesterday’s General Election, while Labour walked away with its biggest defeat in a generation.

Donald Trump proves once again that there are no boundaries he won’t cross.

British voters are voting today in the third election in four years. This time, the fate of Brexit is on the ballot.

After a two-year investigation, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice found no basis for the conspiracy theories being pushed by the Republicans regarding the Russia investigation.

WIth North Korea’s end of the year deadline for progress on talks quickly approaching, it is clear that the Trump Administration’s policies with regard to the DPRK have failed.

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

Why mount a defense when you can go make a TV show in Ukraine?

Especially Senate inaction.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

In the wake of yesterday’s hearing, the House of Representatives is taking the inevitable next step.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

Kamala Harris, whose campaign has been floundering for months, is out of the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Former Congressman Joe Sestak (Who?) is ending his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

Andrew Yang is upset about the fact that he’s largely being ignored at the Democratic debates. He’s right, but that’s at least partly his fault.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

The Secretary of the Navy was abruptly dismissed late yesterday in a dispute over the a case involving a SEAL accused of war crimes.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

Blue & White Party Leader Benny Gantz was unable to form a new government, throwing Israel into another political crisis.

As the walls close in, the President is growing more agitated.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

South Dakota launched a new ad campaign to deal with its methamphetamine crisis. They missed the mark.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

Today begins another week of impeachment hearings by the House Intelligence Committee. By the time the smoke clears, the ground could have shifted significantly for the President.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how the President’s allies intimidated her out of her position, while the President intimidated her live on Twitter.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

One political scientist says yes. A bunch of others say wait, what?