Outside the Beltway

Republicans now face a stark choice.

Some Presidents knew how to respond to racism and hatred. The current President doesn’t.

And some comments on Trumps’ anemic rhetoric.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

More stupid, irresponsible rhetoric from the President of the United States.

Donald Trump kowtows to Vladimir Putin yet again.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

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

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

It’s not the time away from the White House that matters, it’s the hypocrisy.

According to initial estimates, the economy grew at faster pace in the second quarter than at the beginning of the year, but it was hardly anything to write home about.

Seven years of rhetoric on health care reform ended early this morning with a narrow vote on a bill that even Republicans didn’t really support.

“I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree. “

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are making clear that President Trump’s tweets are not official policy. At least not yet.

A step backward on civil rights from a President who claimed he would be a friend to the LGBT community.

In a vote close enough to require the Vice-President to cast a tie-breaking vote, the Senate voted to proceed to debate on a health care bill even though nobody seems to know what bill they’ll ultimately be voting on.

President Trump delivered a wholly inappropriate political speech to the Boy Scout Jamboree, but that should surprise nobody.

Robert Mueller seems to be getting closer to the President, and the Administration is responding by seeking to undermine his investigation.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

A good choice for an important position.

What looks like it will be the Senate GOP’s last effort on the issue of health care reform died less than a day after being put on the table.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

With the Administration’s six-month point approaching, Donald Trump continues to lag in the polls.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The June Jobs Report was significantly better than what we saw in May but on the whole not different from what we’ve seen for the last three years or so.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

Donald Trump’s Presidency is young, but he’s already on track to become the biggest liar ever to occupy the Oval Office.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

Foolishly, President Trump is rolling back part of President Obama’s opening to Cuba.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

Based on his just released opening testimony, tomorrow’s testimony by Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is likely to be explosive.

In addition to the race in New Jersey, the statewide races in Virginia are also being looked to as a barometer of American politics in the first year of the Trump Administration.

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno will face off against each other to succeed Chris Christie in New Jersey.

The Trump Administration will not try to stop former F.B.I. Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords was neither the big win his supporters claim nor the disaster his critics fear.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem anytime soon.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

President Trump is reportedly considering at least partly reversing one of the great foreign policy successes of the Obama Presidency.

A Federal appellate court has ruled that a transgender student must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

Donald Trump seems to have an odd habit of sharing highly classified information with questionable people.