Outside the Beltway

Lawfare provides a balanced piece on the firing of Andrew McCabe.

Attorneys for the Defendants in the lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels, including the President, have removed the case to Federal Court and are claiming that Daniels owes $20 million for her alleged breaches of a settlement agreement.

Less than 24 hours after the McCabe firing, the president’s attorney explicitly connects the move to the Mueller probe.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

H.R. McMaster appears to be on the way out as National Security Adviser. The important question is, who replaces him?

Lizbeth Mateo, an attorney and immigrant rights activist, will serve on a California board helping disadvantaged students.

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

The selection of Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State makes it more likely that President Trump will take the foolish and dangerous step of withdrawing the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran.

According to one insider, “There’s no leadership, no trust, no direction and this point there’s very little hope.”

Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?

The nominations of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel could be in trouble in the Senate.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Yet another example of the foolishness of having firearms in the schoolhouse.

Congress is no closer to a resolution of the DACA fix than it was earlier this year.

Students across the country are staging 17-minute protests at 10 am in their time zones.

While examples of Hollywood sexism are seemingly endless, this is not one of them.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.

While the nature of Rex Tillerson’s firing as Secretary of State was shocking in its abruptness, taken in context with the rocky nature of his tenure it was hardly surprising.

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.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.

Next up: Pompeo

Ending an investigation that was flawed and tainted with partisanship from the start, the House Intelligence Committee has abruptly concluded its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The statute of limitations has expired. But he should never have been asked the question to begin with.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.

Absent changes in policy, the nation’s most hallowed military cemetery will run out of space in two decades.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

Talking to adversaries is a good idea. Of course, it matters how it is done.

It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.

Anderson Cooper has interviewed adult film star Stormy Daniels for 60 Minutes, but lawyers for President Trump are apparently considering legal action to stop the report from airing.

There won’t be any tanks, but it looks like President Trump will get his military parade.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

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

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

Kids are more likely to be killed driving to school than shot while there. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and prevent them.

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

The Judge presiding over the lawsuit brought by a group of Twitter users blocked by President Trump may have sent a hint about how she’s inclined to rule during a hearing this week.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.