Outside the Beltway

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

The Supreme Court will hear a case dealing with a challenge to the Commerce Department’s decision to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

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.

When it comes to the shutdown and border wall showdown that started back in December, Donald Trump is the biggest loser.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

Based on his appearance on CNN last night, Howard Schultz appears to be running a campaign about nothing.

It was only a matter of time before Trump’s rhetoric against the press would lead to something violent. Last night in El Paso, it happened.

A new poll shows that Virginians don’t necessarily believe their state leaders need to step aside in the wake of recent scandals.

The publisher of the National Enquirer is learning that it may have been a mistake to go to war against Jeff Bezos.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

It’s reasonable and just to adjust our outrage based on the context of the time when incidents occurred.

The cases of Ralph Northam and Mark Herring raise a question of when, if ever, something we did in the past should follow us for the rest of our lives.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

A man somehow got elected governor without being very good at politics.

All three of the elected state officials in Virginia are under some kind of cloud, and nobody seems to know what’s going to happen next.

Elizabeth Warren still hasn’t figured out how to put the ‘Native American’ issue behind her.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

President Trump’s detailed schedules reveal a man who doesn’t seem to spend a lot of time actually working.

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

His critique is rather telling.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

Is benefitting politically from romantic liaisons different than other relationships?

As public opinion of the President continues to slide his pandering to his far-right base increases.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Is the settlement of the government shutdown just delaying the inevitable?

Regardless of whether or not you think Nancy Pelosi won the government shutdown, Donald Trump clearly lost.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

Roger Stone, who worked with the Trump campaign in an official and unofficial capacity throughout the campaign, has been indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Wearing Donald Trump’s famous campaign symbol creates a presumption of ill intent. Is that fair?

In both cases, appeals to emotion are not diminished by disregard for accuracy.

Can society forgive the men caught up in the #MeToo movement? Is it even our place to decide?

There’s a way that Congress and the President could make future government shutdowns impossible, but they probably won’t do it.

The government shutdown is beginning to negatively impact the public’s perception of the health of the economy.

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

President Trump put an offer on the table to end the shutdown, the question is whether it will actually lead anywhere.

A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.

In a rare public statement, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is disputing reports that the President directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest Democratic entrant into the 2020 race for President.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered the worst defeat in the modern history of the British Parliament, and nobody is sure what happens next.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

As the shutdown goes on, the polls are getting worse for the President.

As the government shutdown enters through its twenty-fourth day, attention is shifting to Senate Republicans who could be pressured to break ranks and potentially force a resolution.

The numbers aren’t good for Trump.

Trump doesn’t want anyone to know what he and Putin discussed.