Outside the Beltway

A book out today makes an odd case.

New reports indicate that the North Koreans never took any of the steps to reduce their research programs that President Trump claimed they did.

A new report details the extent to which the eighteen-year Afghanistan War has been marked by mistakes, and lies by the government to cover-up the fact that we went to war without a clear understanding of what we were doing.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

President Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria isn’t receiving much public support.

North Korea appears to be pulling back from any future negotiations over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, leaving the Trump Administration’s Korea policy in shambles.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

Obvious advice is obvious.

Eighteen years after it started, the American public seems to be mostly ignoring the war in Afghanistan. But that isn’t an excuse for not bringing it to an end.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.

Meanwhile, on the Korean Peninsula…..

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to the United States, especially manufacturing jobs. It hasn’t worked out that way.

A Federal Judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the DNC alleging a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

Former Congressman Joe Sestak is the 24th Democrat to enter the race for President.

The Supreme Court ruled that a World War One memorial that had been on public grounds for 70 years can stay where it is.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

The Navy is confirming that it did receive a request from the White House to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” during the President’s visit to an American base in Japan.

A thinly-sourced but utterly believable tale of evil.

White House aides asked the Navy to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” while the President visited a Navy base in Japan earlier this week.

President Trump is in Japan, and while there is is dismissing the seriousness of new North Korean missile tests that threaten Japan.

President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.

The President’s trade policies stand to benefit a lot of other countries, just not the United States.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

All three children of the next head of the Army are following in his footsteps.

The United States agreed to pay North Korea $2 million for “medical treatment” for Otto Warmbier. Did the Trump Administration actually pay the bill? They aren’t saying.

Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts is the latest Democrat to enter an already crowded field.

The Wall Street Journal tries, and fails, to defend President Trump’s indefensible veto of the Congressional resolution regarding the war on Yemen.

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

Once again, President Trump gets taken for a sucker by the North Koreans.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un ended early without any kind of agreement, signalling that no real progress has been made in talks between the two countries.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer begins three days of testimony before Congress today. By the time he’s done, he could end up doing real damage to the Trump Presidency.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump’s current actions).

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

In a rare display of assertiveness in the foreign policy arena, the House voted yesterday to bar U.S. assistance in Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war on Yemen.