Outside the Beltway

For some reason, Senate Republicans want to attach a bad health care reform idea onto an already controversial tax reform bill.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

As a candidate, Donald Trump liked to claim that he only hired the “top people.” and said he would do the same thing as President. So far, it isn’t working out that way.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

With less than forty-eight hours to go, the race for Virginia’s Governor is tighter than ever.

The Justice Department appears to be on the verge of charging Russian government officials in connection with election-related hacking.

House Republicans haven’t released their tax bill yet, but it’s already unpopular.

Another day, another Trump lie.

The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson spoke out about the death of her husband and the controversy over the phone call she received from President Trump. And Trump proceeded to attack her and call her a liar.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

Now Donald Trump is using the death of American soldiers to tell lies about his predecessor.

Despite the fact that everyone seems to agree that Iran is complying with the nuclear weapons deal, President Trump took steps that will undermine that agreement and do serious damage to American credibility around the world.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

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.

Another poll shows the vast majority of Americans want Congress to act to help the people covered by DACA.

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.

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could end up having an impact on the race for Virginia Governor.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

Commerce Department figures report a measurable drop in international travel to the United States since the start of 2017.

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

Hillary Clinton has found another group to blame for her loss, educated white married women in suburbia.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

The Senate appears ready to get rid of another procedural move designed to block judicial nominees.

Notwithstanding his promises during the campaign, President Trump seems likely to go forward with sanctions reductions required under the nuclear deal with Iran.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

Once again, Congress is abdicating its Constitutional responsibilities.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

Steve Bannon may be out of the White House, but his efforts to continue pushing President Trump, and the Republican Party, even further to the populist far-right continues.

The University of California has joined the list of Plaintiffs suing the Trump Administration over its decision to end DACA.

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir lashes out at those to blame for her unexpected loss.

As expected, a group of Democratic states is suing the Trump Administration over the decision to end the DACA program.

Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats on spending and the debt ceiling, but it was an exceedingly bad one.

President Trump likes to take credit for the state of the economy, but the truth is that things are actually doing slightly worse under his Administration than they were under his predecessor.

The Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA motivated former President Obama to speak out, and he’s absolutely right.

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

Another Trump lie.

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

Trump’s legislative accomplishments have been anemic at best.

Donald Trump gave a campaign-style speech in Phoenix last night and reminded us of everything that’s wrong with him.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.