Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

The Mueller investigation continues.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Chicago is joining the growing list of jurisdictions challenging the Administration’s policy on sanctuary cities.

Ignorance of history and process is a hallmark 17th Amendment repeal arguments.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

Plus some comparisons of Trump/Obama and Trump/Bill Clinton.

July’s jobs report beat expectations, but the underlying numbers aren’t entirely positive either.

Even members of his own party don’t trust Donald Trump enough to make it possible for him to make recess appointments.

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

Trump and his underlings continue to lie, even about the most trivial of matters.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

Finally, “law and order” Joe Arpaio gets what he has long deserved.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

In a short period of time, SpaceX has become a huge success, as has the commercial space launch industry.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Wherein Noonan writes an odd column that reaches the right conclusion.

It’s not the time away from the White House that matters, it’s the hypocrisy.

A Federal Judge has ruled against an elected official who blocked a constituent from accessing her Facebook page.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

Another escalation on the Korean peninsula.

According to initial estimates, the economy grew at faster pace in the second quarter than at the beginning of the year, but it was hardly anything to write home about.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.