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.