Outside the Beltway

New polling shows that the American public does not support the President and his trade war.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

Robert Mugabe led a nation to independence only to become a dictator who destroyed its economy, has died at the age of 95.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

Economic analysts are growing increasingly worried that the President’s trade war could push the world economy into recession, and take the American economy along with it.

President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods set to take effect on September 1st Another stupid move in a very dumb trade war.

WIth some signs pointing to a slowing global economy, and President Trump applying political pressure, the Federal Reserve reversed interest rate policy yesterday.

As early as Tuesday, Boris Johnson could be confirmed as the winner in the race for Tory leadership. This will make him the next British Prime Minister. Not everyone in the United Kingdom is thrilled about that idea.

The latest Federal Reserve report on the economy shows Trump’s trade policies are having an increasingly negative impact.

The Trump Administration is set to raise tariffs on more products from Europe, including Scotch Whisky and other alcoholic beverages as well as food products and other items.

Rural Americans are much less likely to go to college than their urban counterparts. Is there a solution?

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to resume trade talks, but Trump’s ill-advised trade war will continue.

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

Not only are we deploying it more slowly than China and others but we’re doing it in a way that will live behind rural Americans.

The tree that President Trump and French President Macron planted last year has died.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is being accused of giving preferential access to businesses and businessmen tied to her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

President Trump’s tariffs are having a noticeable, and negative, impact on global economies. The President doesn’t seem to care.

The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal to avert tariffs that would have gone into effect on Monday. Whether the deal accomplishes anything substantive remains to be seen.

While the American media was paying attention to President travels and travails in Europe, there was another meeting taking place.

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

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

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.

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

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.

More pressures on a region already struggling.

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

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.

If all goes well, the bill to avert another shutdown should become law today.

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.

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

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

Federal employees deemed “essential” missed a paycheck yesterday in violation of US labor law.

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is the second Republican to announce his retirement, but his seat should remain safely red.

The longer the shutdown goes on, the wider its impact is likely to become.

Democrats have unveiled what appears as if it will be their first effort to end the shutdown, but there are already signs Republicans will reject it.

There was no progress on resolving the government shutdown today, and little hope that anything will happen before late next week.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

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

In the end, the race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy was not even close.

Even as its leader continues to deny the reality of Global Climate Change, the Trump Administration has released an utterly devastating report on the impact of such change over the course of the coming decades.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

With the recounts over we can officially say that Rick Scott will be the next Senator from Florida.

The Governor’s race in Florida is over, and the Senate race isn’t far behind.

Florida has begun the recount process in both the Senate and Governor’s races. Where it goes from here is anyone’s guess.