Outside the Beltway

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

Some quick thoughts on Moore v. Strange.

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

In President Trump’s mind, American citizens exercising their First Amendment rights are “sons of bitches” who should be fired for exercising their rights.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein regarding their exclusion from Presidential debates.

The fundamental premise at the heart of the immigration bill that President Trump backed earlier this month has no merit whatsoever.

The twice-removed Chief Justice is likely getting a promotion.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

Reports are indicating that Donald Trump may be looking to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Rudy Giuliani.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

An important redistricting decision was handed down by the Supreme Court today.

Two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, nearly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of legal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans.

Wayne LaPierre’s perverted view of the world in two sentences.

Roy Moore, who is currently on suspension, has resigned as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in order to challenge Luther Strange for his seat in the US Senate.

A majority of Americans support appointment of an Independent Counsel to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 election and the Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia, but we should be careful before taking this step.

After a highly contentious nomination process, Jeff Sessions was confirmed last night as the new Attorney General of the United States.

There were fireworks on the floor of the Senate last night, but it was really just politics as usual.

The Acting Attorney General was fired last night after announcing that she would refuse to defend President Trump’s Executive Order on immigration. As a result she was fired. Contrary to some arguments, this was not improper.

President Trump will name his first Supreme Court pick on his 11th day in office.

President Trump hinted today that he’s likely to name his Supreme Court choice next week, and the list to appears have narrowed to three men.

While vigilance is called for, America will survive Donald Trump just as it has survived everything else we’ve faced since the nation’s founding.

With repeal of the Affordable Care Act now likely sooner rather than later, key Republicans are urging the party to have a replacement in place before repeal is voted on.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is speaking out against several of President-Elect Trump’s proposed Cabinet nominees.

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

The candidate I voted for got more than 200,000 votes for president than the winner. I’m okay with that.

Distinguishing between anti-elite populism and coded anti-Semitism is next to impossible.

It looks like we won’t have Roy Moore to kick around anymore.

A new study debunks an old idea.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,

If reports are correct, Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be Donald Trump’s choice for a running mate.

If anything, the Trump campaign is going to provide some interesting data for future political scientists who study campaigns.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.