Outside the Beltway

President Trump’s job approval has improved slightly, but the numbers remain historically low for a newly elected President.

As the date for Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum nears, tensions are rising between Madrid and Barcelona.

Yet another lawsuit against yet another controversial Trump Administration policy.

Senate Republicans have ten days to act on their last-ditch attempt to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare, and it’s not at all clear if they have the votes to do so.

The ‘No Labels’ movement is back, and it’s as irrelevant to contemporary politics as ever.

Commerce Department figures report a measurable drop in international travel to the United States since the start of 2017.

In a marked departure from previous American Presidents, Donald Trump delivered a highly belligerent speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Special counsel Robert Mueller could be looking to “flip” Paul Manafort, giving President Trump and those close to him something new to worry about.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

Some more interesting post-election commentary from Hillary Clinton.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Hillary Clinton has found another group to blame for her loss, educated white married women in suburbia.

Early on the morning of Sept. 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov helped to prevent the outbreak of nuclear war.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer poked fun at himself on last night’s Emmy broadcast, and the political pundits are all in pearl-clutching mode because of it.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

Independents don’t seek to shape party nominations.

A Federal Judge has blocked enforcement of a Dept. of Justice policy purporting to block funding to so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.

Donald Trump went there again, and in the process reopened a wound that was starting to heal just a little bit.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

The Harvard Kennedy School pulled its Visiting Fellowship from the controversial figure after predictable outcry.

The London subway was hit by a bomb during the morning rush hour. Authorities are treating it as a terrorist attack.

The Senate appears ready to get rid of another procedural move designed to block judicial nominees.

Notwithstanding his promises during the campaign, President Trump seems likely to go forward with sanctions reductions required under the nuclear deal with Iran.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

More foreign policy amateurism.

Republicans will introduce a tax package by the end of the month, but whether they can actually pass anything is another question entirely.

Once again, Congress is abdicating its Constitutional responsibilities.

Americans support allowing Dreamers to stay in the country, and most of them also support allowing them to eventually become citizens.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

The Trump Administration’s effort to impose sanctions against North Korea suffered a significant defeat in the United Nations Security Council.

Arguments advanced by those advocating a bill that would prevent Americans from participating in a boycott of Israel would not violate the First Amendment appear to be without merit.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

80% of GOP voters approve of Trump. This explains GOP behavior in large measure.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere were gambling when they lined up behind Donald Trump. So far, they’ve lost.

At some point, it will be time to move on.

Steve Bannon may be out of the White House, but his efforts to continue pushing President Trump, and the Republican Party, even further to the populist far-right continues.