Outside the Beltway

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

With his attempt to overthrow the government clearly a failure, Juan Guaidó is back to calling for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

As he had threatened, President Trump has imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods, making a bad situation even worse.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

This could be a very big deal – unless it isn’t.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

We segregate men and women in sports for good reason. How we do that is complicated.

With the apparent failure of the coup attempt in Venezuela, what happens next?

The former Kentucky coal executive, Republican fundraiser, and Ambassador to Canada would replace Nikki Haley in what used to be a position dominated by more experienced diplomats.

Lacking any real support from the military or police, the attempted coup against Nicolas Maduro has predictably failed.

While street protests continue, the efforts to get the Venezuelan military to oust President Nicolas Maduro appear to have failed.

The ongoing apparent attempted coup in Venezuela is already leading to talk of American intervention in the event of a crackdown. That would be unwise and unjustified.

Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese Emperor to abdicate the throne in 200 years today.

Breaking News out of Latin America

A new poll shows that a majority of the British public believes that the Brexit referendum was a bad idea. What that means for the future of Brexit is not at all clear.

His passing is a sad reminder of another era of the Republican Party.

A law professor asks some interesting questions, but ultimately not the right ones.

Taking Joe Biden’s bait, President Trump once again defended his response to the racist rally in Charlottesville two years ago..

Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka make it clear that the claim that ISIS has been defeated are nowhere close to being true.

In military justice Bizarroland, Rep Duncan Hunter intentionally commits “reverse UCI.”

Further evidence that Sri Lankan authorities failed to act on warnings of rising Jihadism in their country.

Japan will be getting a new Emperor on May 1st. That means a new calendar and a whole lot of headaches.

ISIS is claiming responsibility for Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka, a strong sign that the claims by the Trump Administration that it had largely defeated the group were not true.

Evidence is emerging that the Sri Lankan government had advance warning regarding potential terror attacks but failed to act on the information.

The Wall Street Journal tries, and fails, to defend President Trump’s indefensible veto of the Congressional resolution regarding the war on Yemen.

Pledges from wealthy men to help rebuild Notre Dame cathedral after a devastating fire is generating backlash.

Steve King, who has recently come under attack for a long history of racist remarks, is facing a strong challenge for the GOP nomination in 2020.

A very strange campaign trail gambit from India’s prime minister.

More pressures on a region already struggling.

Can the ICC get him into the dock?

Both major parties have claimed victory but it certainly looks like Likud will hang on.

Despite the obvious connection with the university’s namesake, the word does have other connotations.

The Israeli prime minister is engaging in a familiar but dangerous gambit to retain power.

Theresa May and the UK are quickly running out of options.

Note to the folks at Fox and Friends: Central America is not part of Mexico.

Trump declares he will end aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

As a no-deal Brexit becomes more likely, the EU is taking things personally.

Brexit means May-exit.

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.