Outside the Beltway

Jonathan Bernstein thinks so and Chuck Todd and company outline a pretty strong case.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

Blake Hounshell has doubts about whether Trump colluded with Moscow.

Even with yesterday’s indictments, President Trump still won’t acknowledge reality even though it’s staring him in the face.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

Chelsea Manning is running for Senate, but she may be violating military regulations by doing so.

Donald Trump Jr. is claiming that some conversations between him and his father are covered by the attorney-client privilege. Based on what we know about those conversations, there’s a good possibility that he’s right.

More indications that Donald Trump Jr. was heavily involved in Trump campaign efforts to coordinate with foreign contacts regarding damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

The Justice Department appears to be on the verge of charging Russian government officials in connection with election-related hacking.

Catalonia’s independence referendum is one day away, and nobody seems to know what to expect.

The Harvard Kennedy School pulled its Visiting Fellowship from the controversial figure after predictable outcry.

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

More conflicts of interest for the Trump Administration.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

What is the deal with the love-fest for Julian Assange?

Republicans sure have changed their mind about Vladimir Putin.

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

A late Friday news dump by the Director of the F.B.I. has thrown a confusing curve ball into the race.

The personal, the political, and the Foundation are so intertwined as to be one enterprise.

Two weeks before Election Day, everything seems to be going Hillary Clinton’s way.

Last night’s debate, sadly, lived down to my expectations.

Wherein an initial attempt to understand something seen on Facebook leads to ruminations on religious liberty.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.

Hillary Clinton delvers a largely successful acceptance speech that caps off a convention that ran far smoother than its Republican counterpart.

Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is out as head of the Democratic National Committee after the release of a trove of embarrassing emails.

A treasure trove of documents from a law firm in Panama could prove problematic for a large group of international leaders.

There are again reports of Chinese frustration with the Kim regime in North Korea, but change is unlikely to happen in the DPRK until Beijing is ready to let it happen.

Was Man Haron Monis a terrorist, or just a lone nut who had latched on to the rhetoric of ISIS to justify his own delusions? In the end, it hardly matters.

A hostage crisis has been unfolding overnight at a cafe in Sydney, Australia that has apparent links to international terrorism.

The US intelligence community is gambling that it can be more efficient through a public-private partnership than going it alone.

Does a determination that NSA data collection practices are likely unconstitutional mean that Edward Snowden’s actions were, in some sense, justified?

Without a deal of some kind, it’s quite likely that Edward Snowden will remain beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement or some time to come.

The Justice Department is reportedly not planning to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the Bradley Manning case.

The Happiness Is A Warm Finger Gun Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Who should qualify as a “journalist” for purposes of a “Shield Law?”

Score one for Team Bush?

Convicted felon Bradley Manning has announced that she’d like to spend her confinement as Chelsea Manning.

Bradley Manning will be spending a long time at Leavenworth.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

Bradley Manning will learn his fate at 1 pm tomorrow. He’s guilty.

Fort Belvoir blocked its workers from accessing the Washington Post website over concerns about classified information published there.