Outside the Beltway

More evidence that President Trump was an active participant in the scheme to silence Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.

House Republicans reportedly don’t have the votes to fund the President’s border wall.

Happy Friday!

Federal prosecutors are investigating the Trump Inaugural Committee, adding to the long list of the President’s legal troubles.

The Trump Administration appears to think that the Budget Deficit and National Debt aren’t a big deal because we can just grow our way out of the problem. This is highly unlikely to happen.

Gerrymandering. It’s not just for Republicans.

A particularly appalling case of press censorship from Australia.

The publisher of the National Enquirer admits that it made payments to a Playboy model for the purpose of protecting Donald Trump’s campaign for President.

Jacob T. Levy has a column worth a read.

British Prime Minister Theresa May survived an intra-party leadership challenge, but her political position is still far from secure.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in assisting the President in various scandals and cover-ups.

Nancy Pelosi is apparently close to a deal with dissident Democrats that will keep her in power until at least 2022.

French President Emmanuel Macron made several concessions to the Yellow Vest protesters but it remains to be seen if this will be enough to quell the protests.

While most Hollywood blockbusters have male leads, films starring women actually do better on the aggregate.

Theresa May is facing an unexpected challenge to her leadership even as she deals with trying to save a Brexit deal that nobody seems to like.

Once again, President Trump is threatening a shutdown over the border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

Theresa May is trying to save a Brexit deal that appears to be becoming more doomed by the day.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

Senator Mitch McConnell and others are blocking a criminal justice reform bill currently pending in the Senate.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

Europe’s highest Court appeared to hand the United Kingdom a way of escaping Brexit altogether if it chose to go that route. This will greatly complicate the domestic political situation for Theresa May.

This month’s budget fight is likely the last chance the President will have to get any funding for his border wall.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

While often portrayed as left-leaning, the public broadcaster is ruthlessly capitalistic in its labor practices.

French authorities are investigating reports that Russian interference may be helping to exploit and expand the five-week-old “yellow vest” protests.

A fifty-year-old song is getting new scrutiny in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

The white supremacist charged with killing a counter-protester during last year’s events in Charlottesville has been convicted of first-degree murder.

Cory Booker’s interest in running for President has been an open secret for some time, now he’s being far less coy about it.

This time, the rumors about John Kelly leaving appear to be true.

The Supreme Court appears reluctant to overturn a century of case law that established a significant exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause.

(Almost) live from Mars!

Lies and possible evidence of obstruction of justice make up the bulk of Robert Mueller’s new case against former Trump campaign director Paul Manafort.

Current attempts to take power away from the state executive branch illustrates a lot of what I have been writing about for years.

Moscow continues using information warfare to sow division in Western society.

Protests that have killed four and injured hundreds have been rewarded and show no sign of ending.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S, Attorney for the Southern District of New York have filed sentencing memos that directly implicate the President in a series of felonies.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

Jobs Growth in November was healthy but fell short of expectations.

There’s yet another rumor that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly could be on the way out.

Happy Friday.

President Trump is expected to name a former Fox News host as Ambassador to the United Nations.

The economy is in good shape for the moment but there are storm clouds on the horizon.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

Nine years after retiring as Head Coach at Florida, Urban Meyer announced earlier this week that he would retire from his current position at Ohio State after the Rose Bowl.

Washington said farewell to George H.W. Bush today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

The Trump Administration is preparing to ban bump stocks in the coming weeks.

A nation says farewell to a war hero, public servant, former President, and great American.

Though in poor health himself, Bob Dole made his way to the Capitol to pay his respects to his old friend and political rival.

Defense Secretary James Mattis has announced that the deployment of U.S. troops to the Mexican border will be extended through the end of this year.