Outside the Beltway

President Trump has alienated America’s allies and friends, and they are acting accordingly.

Thanks to Donald Trump, public opinion around the world about the United States is at its lowest level in ten years.

America’s closest allies sent a strong signal that they do not agree with President Trump on the nuclear deal with Iran.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

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

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

Transgender Americans will be able to enlist in the military beginning January 1st thanks to a ruling from a Federal District Court Judge.

Al Franken’s Senate career reaches its inevitable end.

After a long wait, gays and lesbians in Australia have achieved marriage equality.

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.

A foolish, and potentially dangerous, decision by President Trump.

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

It appears Russia attempted to influence last year’s Brexit vote in the same manner it did the 2016 election in the United States.

An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.

President Trump returns home from an Asian trip that wasn’t exactly impressive.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

Ezekiel Elliott got a legal reprieve late last week, but it may not last for long and it could have a big impact on the fortunes of the Dallas Cowboys.

A month that was highlighted by the capture of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa ends with an apparent lone wolf ISIS-inspired attack in New York City

At least some portion of the British public appears to be having some second thoughts about Brexit.

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

The capital of the purported caliphate declared by ISIS has apparently fallen, but that doesn’t mean the end of ISIS. In fact, it may make the group more dangerous.

Despite the fact that everyone seems to agree that Iran is complying with the nuclear weapons deal, President Trump took steps that will undermine that agreement and do serious damage to American credibility around the world.

A legal setback for Ezekiel Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

The band leader of the Heartbreakers and the Traveling Wilburys is gone.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

Angela Merkel was re-elected to a fourth term as German Chancellor as expected, but voters also sent a warning.

Former N.F.L. player, and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez suffered from a severe case of C.T.E. at the time of his death according to a post-mortem brain study.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

Notwithstanding his promises during the campaign, President Trump seems likely to go forward with sanctions reductions required under the nuclear deal with Iran.

Absent significant changes, expecting normal diplomatic relationships with the DPRK is a pipe dream.

In less than a month, voters in the Catalan region of Spain will be voting whether to remain part of Spain or assert independence.

Once again, the National Football League sees its disciplinary and appeal process criticized by a Federal Judge.

Another Trump lie.

The NFLPA alleges “egregious violations of legal due process” in the Ezekiel Elliot suspension.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

A step backward on civil rights from a President who claimed he would be a friend to the LGBT community.

A Duke history professor uncovers “stealth plan” by “fifth columnists” who are seeking to overthrow democracy in the U.S. for their plutocrat masters.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

A van struck a crowd outside a London mosque late last night in an attack by a man who said he wanted to kill Muslims.

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.