Outside the Beltway

Many are calling for the UK Prime Minister’s ouster. But the problem is Brexit itself, not any one leader.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is cutting short his US trip to deal with what his government is calling a Hamas attack.

Institutions matter. (No, seriously, they really, really matter).

Because of course he did.

Not good, not easy to win.

The key remains the military.

The response to the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus has both succeeded and failed in several response.

A second Federal Judge has found that the Commerce Department violated the law when it moved to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census form.

Notwithstanding President Trump’s tariffs, America’s trade deficit hit a record level last year.

The Saudis tortured an American citizen, but the Trump Administration doesn’t care.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

There’s a political scandal brewing in Canada just as that nation starts looking ahead to elections later this year.

With criminal charges and an election hanging over his head, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to the political right for support and survival.

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

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.

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being charged with three charges of corruption even as he faces an election in just over a month.

While the rest of the world looks at other events, tensions are flaring in a long-standing global hot spot.

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

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.

And if you don’t know, now you know.

US policy is creating nonconstructive confrontation.

Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.

President Trump has selected Kelly Knight Craft, the current Ambassador to Canada, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

With just over two months to go until the March 29th deadline, British Prime Minister Theresa May is no closer to a Brexit deal.

Two months after being named, Heather Nauert withdrew her name as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations due to a ‘Nannygate’ problem.

In a rare display of assertiveness in the foreign policy arena, the House voted yesterday to bar U.S. assistance in Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war on Yemen.

The self-appointed Acting President of Venezuela has said he doesn’t rule out the idea of American intervention in his country, but we should rule it out immediately.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

The Northam situation shows the rigidity of separation of powers systems.

More than any recent President, Donald Trump displays a tremendous amount ignorance about the world. Even worse is the fact that he seems proud of it.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

The situation in Venezuela entered a new stage yesterday as opposition leader Juan Guaidó claimed the nation’s Presidency.

Despite the President’s claims, the American steel industry isn’t doing well at all.

Theresa May survived the Labour Party’s call for a no-confidence vote, but the future for her and for her country remain as hazy as ever.

Theresa May is likely to survive today’s no confidence vote, but what happens after that is unclear given that changes to her Brexit deal seem unlikely.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered the worst defeat in the modern history of the British Parliament, and nobody is sure what happens next.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

Later today, Theresa May’s Brexit deal will face a decisive vote in the House of Commons in a vote that could have implications for May’s own hold on power.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is the latest Democrat to throw their hat into the Presidential ring.

In a move that is likely to have political and international consequences, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially severed ties with Moscow.

As the shutdown drags on, Republicans are beginning to fear that members in the House and Senate may begin to fall away from supporting the President.

Former Senator and Denocratic Presidential candidate Jim Webb is reportedly being considered for Defense Secretary.

That’s not how it works.

The TPP is about to go into effect without the US.

The Pentagon is being ordered to draw up plans to withdraw roughly one-half of the American forces remaining in Afghanistan. It’s about time.