Outside the Beltway

After arguing for a month about an “unfair” impeachment process, the WHite House is saying ‘no thanks’ to an invitation to participate in the next round of impeachment hearings.

And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust.

Former Congressman Joe Sestak (Who?) is ending his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

The costs of irresponsible policy.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

A Justice Department official who had the courage to stand up to the President has died at the age of 87.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

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

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

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.

POTUS believes, and is propagating, a conspiracy theory.

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.

Trump takes credit for stopping his “friend” Xi from attacking Hong Kong protesters.

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.

An ongoing attempt to summarize the complex.

He raises a very real problem.

The California Supreme Court has struck down a state law purporting to require a candidate for President to release their tax returns,

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

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent the weekend in the hospital over concerns about a possible infection.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

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

Rich Lowry puts preferred outcomes over constitutional process.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

Lock her up?

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

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

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.

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

Mike Bloomberg isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s getting closer.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

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

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

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.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

The Trump Administration’s strategy in North Korea is an utter failure.

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

South Dakota launched a new ad campaign to deal with its methamphetamine crisis. They missed the mark.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

Giuliani confirms.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead in South Carolina even while slipping in other early states.