Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary won’t commit to putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

Winning was easy.  Legislating is hard.

Contrary to reports, Secretary of Defense Mattis is not defying the President on his order to bar transgender Americans from serving in the military.

A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein regarding their exclusion from Presidential debates.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

Another Cabinet member rebukes the President for his comments about Charlottesville.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

It’s possible we haven’t heard the last from “Sheriff Joe.”

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

Donald Trump’s Secretary of State is refusing to defend his response to the violence in Charlottesville.

President Trump’s attempts to interfere in the administration of justice go beyond the Russia investigation.

Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.

The problematic nature of Arpaio’s tenure goes beyond just his contempt charge.

The president’s decisions to pardon Joe Arpaio sends a clear signal in the wake of Charlottesville.

The president has abrogated his duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

Texas suffers another legal setback in its effort to pass a Voter ID law.

President Trump remains obsessed with the Russian investigation and continues to try to shut it down.

Trump’s legislative accomplishments have been anemic at best.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

They may both be Republicans, but the relationship between the President and the Senate Majority Leader is bad and seems to be getting worse.

Donald Trump gave a campaign-style speech in Phoenix last night and reminded us of everything that’s wrong with him.

Democrats and “Never Trump”ers shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

Based on initial reports, Trump’s Afghanistan policy looks a lot like what we’ve seen for the past sixteen years.

The dangers of the tyranny of the majority have only magnified.

Three new polls show Trump’s job approval down significantly in the three states that put him over the top in the Electoral College last year.

Solace emboldens and helps to mainstream.

The First Amendment protects the rights even of the people who gathered in Charlottesville to promote hatred and violence, However, it does not shield them from the consequences of that speech.

Who could have predicted we would be where we are at the moment in terms of racial politics and the White House?

The fundamental premise at the heart of the immigration bill that President Trump backed earlier this month has no merit whatsoever.

We mourn Charlottesville because Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, made clear in no uncertain terms that in his mind there was little distinction between those in Charlottesville who pursued the un-American “values” of soil, blood, and racial dominance and those who pursued the ideals of the American Constitution.

Another one bites the dust.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.