Outside the Beltway

Federal Courts continue to rule against the Administration, and the President continues to lash out at Judges and demonstrate his contempt for the Rule Of Law.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has blocked the Trump Administration from implementing its ban on transgender soldiers.

More bad polling news for President Trump.

A Trump Campaign official has been charged with and pled guilty to charges of lying to the F.B.I. regarding contacts with Russian officials.

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.

The first in an occasional series.

Squirrel!

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she will not be leaving the court anytime soon.

The first shoes appear ready to drop in Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.

A description of Andrew Johnson from 1866 fits Donald Trump to a “T.”

Forget all the talk about a civil war in the Republican Party, the truth is that Republicans and conservatives have already surrendered to Trump and Bannon.

Things are heating up very quickly in Catalonia.

At least some portion of the British public appears to be having some second thoughts about Brexit.

What could possibly go wrong?

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

He had more than three dozen Top 40 pop hits through the 1950s and early ’60s, among them ”Blueberry Hill,” ”Ain’t It a Shame,” “I’m Walkin’,” “Blue Monday” and “Walkin’ to New Orleans.”

President Trump remains the most unpopular newly elected President since the end of the Second World War, and there’s no sign that will change.

Due mostly to cowardice and naked self-interest, you shouldn’t expect many other Republicans to speak out against Trump in the near future.

A new poll shows that a record majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support legalization of marijuana.

Robert Guillaume, who starred in situation comedies in the 70s, 80s, and 90s such as “Soap,” “Benson,” and “Sports Night,” has died at the age of 89.

Another day, another Trump lie.

One of the few Republicans willing to speak out against Donald Trump is retiring at the end of his current term.

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

While the President of the United States continues to create chaos, Xi Jinping consolidates his power in China.

America has become involved in conflicts around the world, largely without the knowledge of the American people or the consent of their representatives, and it doesn’t appear that’s going to end anytime soon.

The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson spoke out about the death of her husband and the controversy over the phone call she received from President Trump. And Trump proceeded to attack her and call her a liar.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election pays off big time.

The White House believes that it is ‘inappropriate’ to question Generals. This argument is not only wrong, it’s downright dangerous.

John McCain, George W, Bush, and Sarah Huckabee-Sanders had warning for us this week. We should heed them.

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy has said he will act to remove Catalonia’s pro-independence leadership from power.

White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly publicly defended the President’s call to a military widow yesterday, but he got several facts wrong in the process.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

The standoff between Madrid and Barcelona over Catalan independence appears to be ready to come to an end.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

A new poll shows Democratic nominee Doug Jones tied with twice-removed former Chief Justice Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, but it’s still too early to be optimistic.