Outside the Beltway

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

California Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. will remain in office for the rest of 2019 notwithstanding his guilty plea.

Especially Senate inaction.

Those Republicans who recognize how bad President Trump is for he nation but are afraid to speak out against him are as bad as the true believers of Cult45.

In the wake of yesterday’s hearing, the House of Representatives is taking the inevitable next step.

Yesterday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee did a good job of explaining how the facts of the Ukraine scandal meet the Constitution’s definition of impeachable offenses.

The impeachment inquiry moves to the House judiciary Committee this morning.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

Later today, California Congressman Duncan Hunter, Jr. will plead guilty to charges of embezzling up to $250,000 from his campaign’s bank account.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

New revelations punch a big hole in Republican defenses of the President.

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

The House Judiciary Committee is ready to begin its phase of impeachment hearings after Thanksgiving.

Late yesterday, the Supreme Court put a temporary hold on an order that would give Congress access to the President’s financial documents.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

Earlier this month, Senator Lindsey Graham blocked a bipartisan resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide, Now we know why.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks ready to jump ship in favor of a run for Senate,

As Republicans and their conservative cohorts spread a discredited conspiracy theory about the 2016 election, Vladimir Putin smiles at yet another victory.

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

A Senate Impeachment trial in early January would have a serious impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

As the walls close in, the President is growing more agitated.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

The fight over the President’s tax returns has reached the Supreme Court.

Day two of Congressional impeachment hearings will be marked by the testimony of the former American Ambassador to Ukraine.

There were few fireworks during the first day of public impeachment hearings, but the ground work for a case against the President was laid.

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Get the popcorn and your favorite beverage ready.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

The proof of a quid pro quo is coming from inside the President’s own Administration.

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

It’s not clear if Congresswoman Liz Cheney wants to run for the open Senate seat in Wyoming. If she did, though, she’d be the prohibitive favorite.

Former North Caroline Senator Kay Hagan has died,

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.

A Federal District Court Judge gave the House of Representatives, and the nation, a big win yesterday.

George Washington invented the concept and was quite clear that it did not apply to impeachment proceedings.

A top U.S. diplomat involved in Ukraine policy confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo regarding U.S aid to Ukraine.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly is posing a big challenge to Senator Martha McSally in Arizona.

Roy Moore’s second bid for the Senate isn’t going so well.

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Fear of Donald Trump and his minions is making it hard for Republicans to answer a simple question.