Outside the Beltway

An ambitious plan to return men to the Moon in less than two years.

Well, at least someone has a backbone.

The Supreme Court will now consider a case regarding whether or not a state can bar a former felon from accessing social media sites.

Reports indicate that President Trump will seek to increase military spending. We don’t need to, and we can’t really afford it.

One month in, some Trump supporters are starting to wonder if he will actually deliver on what he promised.

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This year’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner will be missing one high-profile guest.

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A military judge has rejected a motion to dismiss the case against Bowe Bergdahl based on comments made by Donald Trump when he was a candidate for President.

A new head for the DNC at a time when the Democratic Party finds itself reeling and eager to take on Donald Trump.

DeVos plays to the CPAC crowd, but insults higher education.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hinted that the Federal Government may stop giving deference to states that have legalized marijuana.

Donald Trump’s job approval numbers are the lowest for any new President since World War II. That doesn’t bode well for his Administration’s future.

Malaysian police have evidence that seems to clearly link North Korea to the death of Kim Jong Il’s eldest son.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Maryland’s ban on certain so-called “assault weapons,” but it’s unclear if the Supreme Court will even take up the case.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.

A major announcement from NASA in the search for possible life outside the Solar System.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

Members of Congress and the Senate are once again facing down angry constituents, but it’s unclear whether it will translate into anything substantial in 2018.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

President Trump has actually made a good pick for National Security Adviser. As with the rest of his foreign policy team, though, the question is if he’ll listen to him.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding.

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The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

Chaos inside the Trump Administration is causing people to turn down lucrative positions.

The apparent assassination of Kim Jong-Un’s eldest brother has raised red flags in China.

For seventy-seven minutes yesterday, President Trump held forth in a press conference that confirmed the most dire predictions about what he’d be like as President.

The President’s choice for Labor Secretary withdrew his name from consideration yesterday, but this is just the latest example of what has been a transition that has largely consisted of fumble after fumble by the Trump team.

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

Could Donald Trump’s comments about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on the campaign trail lead to the case against Bergdahl being dismissed? A military judge will have to decide.

North Korean Intrigue…….

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

An unsurprising ‘resignation’ from the shortest-serving National Security Adviser in history.

Independent of the current controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration order, Republicans in Congress are looking at a plan to break up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Several former candidates for President are emerging as potential candidates for Senate.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

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