Outside the Beltway

It turns out there actually is a crisis on the US-Mexico border.

A new report demonstrates that the relationship between Fox News Channel and the Trump Administration is much closer and more pervasive than previously believed.

Does it depend on what the meaning of “running” is?

We won’t have Hillary Clinton to kick around anymore.

The freshman Congresswoman is getting it from all sides.

Once again, President Trump gets taken for a sucker by the North Koreans.

Most Americans oppose the President’s use of a national emergency to get funding for his border wall, but don’t expect that to cause him to change his mind.

President Trump’s job approval numbers have recovered from the lows they hit in the wake of the government shutdown.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the latest entrant into an already crowded Democratic field.

Roy Moore, who lost a Special Election to replace Jeff Sessions in 2017 after being hit with allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, isn’t ruling another bid for the same seat.

He conjures the imperialist past with such comments (and he doesn’t even use the term correctly).

Reason’s Nick Gillespie makes an interesting case but I don’t buy it.

Last week, the House passed two bills to strengthen the laws regarding background checks for guns, but they’re not likely to even make it to the floor of the Senate.

In what was basically a throwaway line, Joe Biden said something nice about Mike Pence. The reaction from his fellow Democrats says a lot about our current political culture, and none of it is good.

And a link to a worthwhile read.

In the end, the reason the Hanoi Summit failed is because the Trump Administration is pursuing an unattainable goal.

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination for President on a platform primarily focused on climate change. Whether that helps distinguish him from a growing field of candidates remains to be seen.

Nancy Pelosi is tired of Democrats voting to please their constituents.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden isn’t officially running for President yet, but says his family is on board if he does.

President Trump personally overrode the objections of security officials, the White House Counsel, and the Chief of Staff to make sure his son-in-law got a security clearance.

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward letting a war memorial on public property stay in place.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

Five things I think I think after the hearings.

Instead of merely seeking to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border, Congress should instead significantly amend the National Emergencies Act.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

The Texas Congressman has decided to forgo another Senate bid and instead focus his energies elsewhere.

The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un ended early without any kind of agreement, signalling that no real progress has been made in talks between the two countries.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has upheld the Administration’s ban on bump stocks.

American military intervention in Venezuela would make the situation in that country worse, not better.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

The House of Representatives voted yesterday to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now the matter goes to the Senate.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case involving a World War I Memorial in the form of a cross on public land in Suburban Maryland.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

While not subject to filibuster, it’s still subject to Presidential veto.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer begins three days of testimony before Congress today. By the time he’s done, he could end up doing real damage to the Trump Presidency.

A 2016 Trump Campaign staffer has filed a lawsuit against the President alleging that she was assaulted by Trump during the campaign.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

After a decade of using the alleged problem of “voter fraud” to justify things like Voter ID Laws, Republicans are remarkably silent in the fact of an actual example of fraud and election tampering.

After two years of spitting in their faces, President Trump is finding it hard to get America’s European allies to come to his aid.

Breathless coverage of this freshman Congressman is getting tiresome.

A bipartisan group of foreign policy luminaries says there is no factual basis for President Trump’s claim.

And if you don’t know, now you know.

Gun laws requiring guns to be taken away from convicted felons are either being ignored or have too many loopholes. We need to fix that.

US policy is creating nonconstructive confrontation.

Rather than pulling completely out of Syria the United States will be leaving behind a token force of about 200 troops. This is a mistake.

Now that women are allowed into all combat roles, the rationale for excluding them from Selective Service has evaporated.

An interesting plot twist in the Goodloe Sutton saga.