Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s trade war continues to have negative consequences for American consumers and businesses.

In a case that pit the new rules of cyberspace against the old rules about when the Fourth Amendment protects privacy, the Supreme Court ruled today in a way that breathes new life into both privacy and the Fourth Amendment.

President Trump once said that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” It’s only been three months since he started this war and we’re already finding out just how wrong he is about that.

House Republicans put forward a plan to protect DACA beneficiaries, but President Trump appears to have doomed it already.

Words mean things. Unless they don’t.

Two months ago, the President called on states to send National Guard troops to the border. As expected, they’re not guarding the border.

Senators hoping for a long summer recess have had their hopes dashed.

South Korea’s President is saying that Kim Jong Un has renewed his supposed commitment to ‘denuclearization,’ but it isn’t at all clear what that means.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

Despite advice from advisers, the President continues to use unsecured devices to communicate outside of White House channels.

Thanks to mostly what amounts to bad science reporting in the popular media, a false claim about one of nature’s most mysterious and unique creatures continues to spread.

New York attorney Aaron Schlossberg found himself on the receiving end of an Internet firestorm this week. His case raises some interesting questions about Internet vigilantism.

An aggressive worldwide vaccination program has brought us to the point where we may soon be able to declare the eradication of Polio. That is a great thing and another argument against the anti-vaxxers.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a major urban center.

For some reason, the President wants to help a Chinese company that has been accused of being a security risk by American intelligence services.

Does the administration know what it is doing?

Ebola is making a reappearance in Central Africa.. Will the world be better prepared this time?

Some good news from North Korea.

Rudy Giuliani is basically now suggesting that his client would be willing to set off a Constitutional crisis that would make Watergate seem like a picnic.

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

Andrew Sullivan wonders, “Will there always be an England?”

There are reasons to be skeptical about the dawning of a new age on the peninsula.

The meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In was historic, but many questions and caveats remain.

Michael Cohen will invoke his rights under the Fifth Amendment in response to any questions asked in discovery in the civil suit filed against him by Stormy Daniels. That’s really the only option he has.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.

A decryption device called GrayKey is being used by all manner of government agencies.

Not surprisingly, a joint Senate Committee failed to really lay a glove on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at yesterday’s hearing.

Late last week, Hawaii became the seventh state and eighth major American jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide.

You many have noticed the array of images and links under the footer of post pages. Here’s what it is.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

President Trump is continuing his dangerous and misguided trade war rhetoric,

Begun the trade wars have.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

The ‘permanent record’ of yesteryear is now real. Should there be limitations?

Fred Kaplan fails to make the case for buying an ultra-high definition TV right now.

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?

A man suspected in a bombing spree killed himself with explosives as authorities were closing in.

We don’t yet have enough information to assign blame here. Naturally, that’s not stopping anyone.

A D.C. lawmaker latches on to an insane conspiracy theory.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

After a year in space, Astronaut Scott Kelly was no longer 100% genetically identical to his twin brother. However, the changes are not as significant as initial media reports made them out to be.

The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shuttering 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology while expanding more job-oriented programs.

Stephen Hawking possessed one of the greatest minds in history, but he will likely be most remembered for not letting a debilitating disease stop him from contributing to our understanding of the universe.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

A majority of Americans say their lives are not “disrupted” by the time change. They’re wrong.

CJR’s Dan Mitchell has a tiny quibble with a recent viral NYT thumbsucker. 

Yet more absurdity from Brussels, where regulators seemingly don’t understand how the Internet works.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.