Outside the Beltway

The courts have ruled the far-right leader ineligible to run.

What could go wrong?

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

Some interesting tidbits.

Paris is fighting a losing battle over the prominence of their language.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

Sanctions are already taking a toll. But the West could do more if it had the will.

The anti-vax-and-other-stuff protest is spreading to Europe.

Yet another COVID-19 strain has emerged.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

The architect of the plan admits he was wrong.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

Young people acting selfishly is a fact of life.

President Trump is basically saying he does not care if ISIS prisoners return to Europe to commit terror attacks.

Just days after President Trump agreed to remove American forces from the scene, Turkish forces are entering northern Syria and Kurdish forces say they ar ready for war.

There’s an inherent tension in our national ethos.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

As the government shutdown continues, Washington is coming to resemble a fight between toddlers. Except the toddlers have the excuse of not knowing any better.

French authorities are investigating reports that Russian interference may be helping to exploit and expand the five-week-old “yellow vest” protests.

A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.

Donald Trump continues to do something that Russian and Soviet leaders likely only thought possible in their wildest dreams, drive a wedge between the United States and its NATO allies.

Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.

Seven years after deactivation, the U.S. Second Fleet will be patrolling the North Atlantic again.

The new Secretary of State is an improvement over the worst Secretary of State in history.

The President’s new attempt to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military is as legally defective as the original ban was.

The Defense Department will reportedly recommend to President Trump that transgender members of the service currently serving in the military be allowed to continue serving.

Two months after a referendum that supported independence from Spain, Catalan voters head to the polls for a new round of parliamentary elections that remain up in the air.

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

The capital of the purported caliphate declared by ISIS has apparently fallen, but that doesn’t mean the end of ISIS. In fact, it may make the group more dangerous.

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

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

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

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

For some reason, Joe Lieberman is apparently the front-runner to replace James Comey at the F.B.I.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

A major announcement from NASA in the search for possible life outside the Solar System.

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

The situation in the Middle East just potentially became much more complicated.

A new report concludes that Malaysia Air Flight 17 was brought down by a missile brought into Ukraine from Russia.

An EgyptAir jetliner with 66 on board disappeared from radar just before beginning its decent into Cairo.