Outside the Beltway

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.

Is it really such a bad thing when a politician changes a long-help position on a political issue?

The politics is understandable but the result is damaging to the country.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is being accused of giving preferential access to businesses and businessmen tied to her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

President Trump’s tariffs are having a noticeable, and negative, impact on global economies. The President doesn’t seem to care.

It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.

The current economic recovery turns ten years old this month, but it can’t last forever.

As the Supreme Court enters the final weeks of its term, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hints at deep divisions and disappointment for people on the left.

The President and his supporters are touting the last-minute deal with Mexico announced on Friday, but the details show there’s much less than meets the eye.

The latest iteration of a benchmark Iowa poll shows Joe Biden leading, with Bernie Sanders sinking and looking at several candidates closing in on him.

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend protection to DACA beneficiaries and other Dreamers, but it’s likely to die in the Senate.

The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal to avert tariffs that would have gone into effect on Monday. Whether the deal accomplishes anything substantive remains to be seen.

At least some segments of the “pro-life” movement seem more concerned with policing morality than they do with protecting life.

The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.

May’s Jobs Report came back with disappointing jobs growth, suggesting that the economy may be slowing down.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

Former Vice-President Biden has come under fire for his longtime support for the Hyde Amendment.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

The GOP Senators standing up against the President’s tariffs on Mexico are being called courageous. I’m wondering what took them so long to stand up.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

A new poll of Texas voters shows President Trump doing worse than expected against potential Democratic challengers. Should Republicans be worried?

The original ‘scandal’ was silly. The follow-up is sillier.

The President’s foolish tariffs against Mexico are finally causing many Republican Senators to stand up against him.

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

This time: India.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

The White House is continuing to stonewall legitimate Congressional investigations, but Congress is starting to push back.

Justice Clarence Thomas is seemingly putting to rest any reports that he’s considering retiring in the near future.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. dismissed a lawsuit against Trump “national emergency” to fund the border wall, but his ruling did not reach the merits of the lawsuit’s claim.

The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

A misleading, annoying media trope that needs to go away.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support equal rights for transgender Americans, with only Republicans disagreeing with that position.

Last week, New Hampshire became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Thus becoming the 21st state to do so.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Either Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, or he thinks his supporters are dumb.

The Navy is confirming that it did receive a request from the White House to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” during the President’s visit to an American base in Japan.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

Bernie Sanders supporters are a wee bit sensitive.

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

It’s been just about fifteen months since President Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Not surprisingly, those tariffs have not had the effect the President claimed they would.