Outside the Beltway

The real scandal isn’t the price tag but the beneficiary.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

A legendary newsman has passed.

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

President Trump is making ridiculous threats against the regime in Iraq that are likely to draw it closer to Iran.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Five men have been sentenced to die by a Saudi Arabian court for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but the parties who are really responsible are getting off scot-free.

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

President Trump says that he would not spy on a rival regime like North Korea, once again making one wonder where his loyalties lie.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

The former #2 official at the FBI is trying to sell a book.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabby Giffords, is running for Senate in Arizona against Martha McSally.

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

In a small, but meaningful, step, the Senate has rebuked the Administration’s policies toward the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

The C.I.A. has apparently concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. What will the Trump Administration do about this?

The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.