Outside the Beltway

A previously confidential I.R.S. memo contradicts the Administration on the issue of providing copies of the President’s tax returns.

As the Administration continues to stonewall legitimate requests from Congress for documents and witnesses, pressure is growing on Speaker Pelosi to authorize the opening of an impeachment inquiry.

Justin Amash doubled down on his criticism of the President and his call for impeachment even as he came under fire from fellow Republicans.

The House has passed legislation that would extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act to LGBT Americans, but it is probably doomed in the Senate.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

The Trump Administration lost what is likely to be the first of many court challenges to its effort to stop Congress from doing what the Constitution requires it to do.

In the latest example of the White House’s ongoing effort to block Congress from exercising its duty to investigate the Executive Branch, the White House is blocking the former White House Counsel from testifying before Congress.

More proportional than the GOP, but perhaps not as proportional as one might think.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.

The size of the Democratic Presidential field, combined with other things peculiar to the way Democrats pick their nominee, is leading some to wonder if we might see a brokered convention in 2020.

Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are turning to a surprising source for counsel.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has dealt another legal setback to the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the DACA program,

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

Republican Congressman Justin Amash has always been a rebel within his own party, now he’s making that even more apparent.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead over his rivals for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.

Forget high language about constitutional prerogatives. This is about parties and elections.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has informed Congress that he will not comply with a subpoena seeking the President’s tax returns, meaning that we’re headed for a court battle.

I’m not sure his solution is correct or even legal. But the problem is very real.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

The President unveiled some incoherent ideas yesterday that have no chance of becoming law.

Taiwan has become the first nation in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

We already know enough to impeach.

Not surprisingly, Chelsea Manning is headed back to jail for her refusal to answer questions before a Federal Grand Jury investigating Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

The President’s trade policies stand to benefit a lot of other countries, just not the United States.

Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

Northern Virginia is slowly undoing an anachronism.

A new poll shows President Trump trailing several of his potential challenger in a state that was crucial to his victory in 2016.

As it has in so many other areas, the right has sacrificed it’s previously held beliefs on international trade to feckless obedience toward President Trump.

Setting aside poking a little fun, this number of candidates is just not sustainable.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

The Trump Administration is proposing another round of tariffs on even more Chinese goods.

There are better ways to use surplus Pell funds.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

The White House claims to want to talk to Iran but the President’s actions make clear that negotiation is the furthest thing from his mind.

Two youngish Rhodes Scholars turned mayors are getting covered differently.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.

More good news for Joe Biden, this time out of South Carolina.

President Trump’s foreign policy has largely been a failure, and there are specific reasons why.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

A longstanding legal question may finally come to a head.

So far Joe Biden has run a gaffe-free campaign. But how long can it last?

The real answer probably isn’t far off from the parody.

Right now, polling indicates that the American public is reluctant to support impeachment of the President but it’s possible that could change.