Outside the Beltway

For the second time this year, there are rumors that Mitt Romney could run for Senator from Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

Absent significant changes, expecting normal diplomatic relationships with the DPRK is a pipe dream.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

No, the deal this week is not Trump becoming an independent.

The University of California has joined the list of Plaintiffs suing the Trump Administration over its decision to end DACA.

In less than a month, voters in the Catalan region of Spain will be voting whether to remain part of Spain or assert independence.

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

Once again, the National Football League sees its disciplinary and appeal process criticized by a Federal Judge.

The effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is dead for now.

The Trump Administration has suffered another Court defeat related to the President’s Muslim Travel Ban.

Donald Trump Jr. spoke yesterday with Senate investigators, and his answers raise more questions than they answer.

Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir lashes out at those to blame for her unexpected loss.

Perhaps it’s time to consider getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely.

As expected, a group of Democratic states is suing the Trump Administration over the decision to end the DACA program.

Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats on spending and the debt ceiling, but it was an exceedingly bad one.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

President Trump likes to take credit for the state of the economy, but the truth is that things are actually doing slightly worse under his Administration than they were under his predecessor.

Several Democratic Attorneys General are threatening to sue the Trump Administration over the decision to end DACA, but their legal arguments appear to be especially weak.

Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke loses out on yet another Trump Administration position thanks to Chief of Staff John Kelly.

But, the problem is, they seem unlikely to act.

Two polls find that most Americans support letting DACA beneficiaries to stay in the United States. Will that help move Congress to act?

The Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA motivated former President Obama to speak out, and he’s absolutely right.

A stupid comment about Hurricane Harvey cost a Florida professor his job.

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

A key step in the Colombian peace process.

At a time when our alliance is more important than ever, President Trump is responding by attacking our ally.

Another Trump lie.

President Trump is threatening to end a program that has benefited at least 750,000 innocent people.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

More provocative action from North Korea, and another reminder that there are no easy answers to the problems represented by the Kim regime.

John Kelly has only been White House Chief of Staff for a month, but it’s already apparent that he isn’t likely to last very long in that position.

A Nurse in Utah stood up for her patient’s rights, and was harassed by the police for her efforts.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky that ‘just happened’ to coincide with last month’s eclipse is being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary won’t commit to putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.