Outside the Beltway

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

Train I ride, sixteen coaches long.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

Striking the balance between cruel and misleading.

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

BuzzFeed, Disney, and others are making big cuts.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

A format unchanged since the Ford Administration* doesn’t suit the modern era.

The Russian leader’s status as an international pariah is cemented.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

A true hodge-podge.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

An illegal practice that won’t go away.

Why was it released to the public?

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Another reason so many get their information from biased outlets.

The Pope Emeritus has died at 95.

“You can’t be against everything.”

It’s the spirit of the season.

I don’t think that means what he thinks it means.

Shockingly, the Defense Department doesn’t keep up with former employees.

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

James LaPorta is being scapegoated for poor editorial process.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

A new milestone in human history.

Do his achievements and good works outweigh his virulent antisemitism?

They’re not sending their best people.

Is the President governing like he means it?

A few stories to consider.

Journalists openly root for a good story.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Planned staff layoffs concern those who fear a free-for-all.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.