Outside the Beltway

American troops in Iceland for a military exercise were apparently quite thirsty.

A bunch of mysteriously sealed filings in Federal Court in D.C. could mean that Robert Mueller has already subpoenaed the President.

Robert Mueller’s office has referred an apparent effort to bribe women into making allegations against him to the F.B.I.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

In another sign of the rapid secularization taking place in that country, Irish voters last weekend voted to rescind the nation’s centuries-old, albeit not recently enforced, law against blasphemy.

It’s been a month since Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey. The Saudis are continuing to lie about it, and the Trump White House is letting them get away with it.

President Trump wants to send more troops than we have in Syria and Iraq combined to the border to deal with a non-existent threat.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

President Trump is now claiming he will end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants via Executive Order. He clearly lacks the authority to do this.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

Is it too much to ask for truth about basic facts from the White House Press Secretary?

Angela Merkel announced yesterday that she would step aside as Chancellor at the end of her current term. What that means for the short and long term future of Germany and Europe is unclear.

Thirty-seven years ago, Ronald Reagan spoke out against hatred and bigotry in a way that the current President refuses to do.

A Senate race in Mississippi could end up being the deciding factor in the battle for control of the Senate.

President Trump’s trade war with China is leading car manufacturers to shift production from the U.S. to China.

Just over a week before two states will be voting on referendums to legalize recreational marijuana, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support legalization.

Hillary Clinton is hinting about maybe running in 2020 again. Is she serious, or is this just a publicity stunt?

The investigation of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is inching closer to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, but it seems unlikely to impact his hold on power.

A chart to ponder.

The blatant stoking of irrational fear as campaign politics.

Trump’s words matter.

One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.

The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.

Charges have been filed against the man responsible for the massacre in Pittsburgh in both Federal and State court.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

At least eight people are dead in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has no intention of running for President in 2020.

The economy appears to have grown strongly in the third quarter, but concerns about long-term growth remain.

Just days after appearing to condone donning blackface in the style of a 19th Century minstrel show, Megyn Kelly is out at NBC News.

Authorities have arrested a Florida man named Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Trump supporter, in connection with the wave of bombing attempts directed at critics of the President.

Donald Trump is talking about a tax cut that appears to exist only in his own mind.

More outrageous behavior by the President of the United States.

Two more potential explosive devices, addressed to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, have been discovered by law enforcement.

Saudi Arabia’s story about the disappearance and death of Jamal Khashoggi continues to “evolve.”

Happy Friday.

Newt Gingrich has endorsed President Trump’s use of the rhetoric of Josef Stalin to attack the American news media.

In the wake of attempted bombing attacks on people he has criticized, the President is blaming the media for poisonous political rhetoric. He needs to look in the mirror.

President Trump’s private phone calls are apparently a major source of intelligence for foreign nations.

More explosive devices sent to prominent Trump critics, including Robert DeNiro and Joe Biden, have been located.

Congressman Keith Ellison appears to be falling behind in the race to be Minnesota’s next Attorney General.

Four suspicious packages addressed to prominent political and media figures have been intercepted in the past three days.

Science can’t precisely locate gender but it’s neither fully biological nor fully genetic.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

Sad news from the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

Another landmark decision from the Washington State Supreme Court.

Republicans passed a tax cut bill in December they hoped would help in the midterm elections. It has turned out to be a big dud.

Add yet another name to the potential Democratic campaign field in 2020.

The world loses a genuine war hero.

President Trump is preparing to scrap a thirty-year-old treaty that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. It would be a foolish mistake.

The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.