Outside the Beltway

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

Blue & White Party Leader Benny Gantz was unable to form a new government, throwing Israel into another political crisis.

A Senate Impeachment trial in early January would have a serious impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

As the walls close in, the President is growing more agitated.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

The Trump Administration’s strategy in North Korea is an utter failure.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

South Dakota launched a new ad campaign to deal with its methamphetamine crisis. They missed the mark.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

Giuliani confirms.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead in South Carolina even while slipping in other early states.

Today begins another week of impeachment hearings by the House Intelligence Committee. By the time the smoke clears, the ground could have shifted significantly for the President.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

An inexcusable assault on an utterly defenseless African-American teenager.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

After a promising start, Kamala Harris’s campaign appears to be in crisis mode.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

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Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

Public resources do not belong to the president to use for private gain.

The fight over the President’s tax returns has reached the Supreme Court.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described how the President’s allies intimidated her out of her position, while the President intimidated her live on Twitter.

One of Donald Trump”s closest associates has been convicted by a Federal jury.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Trump another setback in his effort to keep his financial records out of Congressional hands.

As the impeachment proceedings move forward, Democrats are shifting their focus to a specific, and powerful, charge.

Happy Friday.

Day two of Congressional impeachment hearings will be marked by the testimony of the former American Ambassador to Ukraine.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is running to get his old job back.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a case from Connecticut filed by the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

There were few fireworks during the first day of public impeachment hearings, but the ground work for a case against the President was laid.

Nine months after what seemed like the end of his political career, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has mounted a comeback,

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is helping out Boris Johnson’s Tories. Sort of.

A new poll shows Pete Buttigieg surging in Iowa, where the Caucuses are 92 days away.

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

Where you can’t be off topic because there IS no topic.

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

After just two months, Mark Sanford is dropping his challenge to the incumbent President.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.