Outside the Beltway

Fewer people are very happy and more are not too happy than any time in a longstanding survey.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

A series of Friday night firings.

(At least the removal part)

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

A legendary newsman has passed.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases healing with subpoenas for the President’s financial records.

With the House of Representatives just days away from impeaching President Trump, polling shows that public opinion on the issue has not changed much since October.

After arguing for a month about an “unfair” impeachment process, the WHite House is saying ‘no thanks’ to an invitation to participate in the next round of impeachment hearings.

A Justice Department official who had the courage to stand up to the President has died at the age of 87.

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

And now we have evidence of a clear effort at a coverup by high-level White House employees. The question would be, what did the President know and when did he know it?

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.

A Federal District Court Judge gave the House of Representatives, and the nation, a big win yesterday.

What started out as a joke on the campaign trail has turned into a serious legal argument being made to a Federal Judge by an attorney for the President.

The GOP’s efforts to defend the President are becoming more desperate and pathetic by the day.

New polling is showing increased public support for President Trump’s impeachment and removal

Public opinion on impeachment has shifted rapidly to the point where a majority of Americans support an impeachment inquiry and support for removal is growing as well.

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

Yes, officials who follow the law are “whistleblowers.”

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

It’s not just Ukraine.

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.

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.

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking to obtain the material presented to a Federal Grand Jury by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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.

Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The job laid out by the Framers in Article II of the Constitution has expanded a mite.

The President is once again claiming Executive Privilege to prevent Congress from getting access to certain documents.

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 White House is continuing to stonewall legitimate Congressional investigations, but Congress is starting to push back.

The House of Representatives has not even acted on impeachment, but Senate Republicans have already made up their mind.

Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are turning to a surprising source for counsel.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Right now, polling indicates that the American public is reluctant to support impeachment of the President but it’s possible that could change.

The problem is with our politics, not our institutions.

In an effort to block the release of the full report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Trump Administration is invoking Executive Privilege.

There’s a lot of talk right now about “electability.” but what the heck does it mean?

In the end, Impeachment is a political act more than a legal one. For that reason, Democrats should not pursue impeachment unless they have a reasonable chance of winning.

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

The law is not on the President’s side.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

The Speaker says she will reject any attempt to deliver it in a “highly classified” manner.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.