Outside the Beltway

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

A major milestone has been reached.

Sigh.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

A precision drone strike on a balcony in Kabul took out a longtime nemesis.

Not only has the war changed, but so have the combatants.

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

What happens if Ukraine can’t achieve complete victory?

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

The President continues his recent penchant for saying the quiet part out loud.

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

Tragedy has played out so often that it has become a statistic.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

A wackadoodle colonel is on his way out.

An interesting statement from his National Security Advisor.

The proxy war is working.

Many and small beats large and heavy. Finding beats flanking. Swarming beats surging.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

Another morale booster for the good guys.

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Another glass ceiling has been shattered.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

Can it overcome demographics and decoupling to sustain its current unprecedented growth?

More brutality from an ostensible US ally.

An incredibly isolated Russian leader is not interested in running the country.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The first shoe has dropped.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Because of course he did.

Two unclassified after-action reports shine a new—if one-sided—light on the evacuation.

Western intelligence agencies continue to predict an invasion under absurd pretexts.

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.