Outside the Beltway

Political considerations overruled warnings from national security and health professionals.

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

Young people acting selfishly is a fact of life.

People who should know better are making ridiculous claims.

Another milestone has been reached.

Looking back to a story from 2018.

The State of the Union is petulant.

It’s more embarrassing than we thought.

Not surprisingly, we remain as polarized as ever.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

After a hearing that largely recapped the past month of hearings on Capitol Hill, the House Judiciary Committee is set to unveil Articles of Impeachment today.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

The President is tired of all the fake news.

The criteria for the November and December debate will make it much harder for some Democrats to get on the national stage. That isn’t a bad thing.

What we know for sure.

The details about President Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his potential 2020 rivals keep getting worse for the President.

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

A mysterious conversation with a foreign leader is at the center of a controversy between the intelligence community and Congress.

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

Even when it comes from his favorite propaganda network, Donald Trump doesn’t like bad news.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

A new poll shows solid support for free trade and opposition to the President’s tariffs, suggesting strongly that Trump is losing the public relations battle on this issue.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

This timeline is just so weird.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Canada must have a Federal Election by late October, and the polls are showing that Prime Minister Trudeau could be in political trouble.

Part 2 of 2.

Increased focus on conservative efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade appears to be rallying public support for abortion rights.

In a move sure to ruffle feathers, the President is bypassing all of the Navy’s four-star admirals for the next service chief.

President Obama wanted to end it but his former VP used it to his advantage.

We could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

President Trump says that he would not spy on a rival regime like North Korea, once again making one wonder where his loyalties lie.

President Trump’s tariffs are having a noticeable, and negative, impact on global economies. The President doesn’t seem to care.

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.

Bernie Sanders supporters are a wee bit sensitive.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

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’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

A new poll finds that a small majority of Americans support abolishing the Electoral College, but that’s not nearly enough to make any change in how we elect Presidents possible.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

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