Outside the Beltway

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?

Despite his claims, President Trump is actually deporting fewer people than were deported under former President Obama.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

Liz Cheney can pretty much write her own political ticket right now.

The President is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent whose identity was outed during the Bush Administration, is running for Congress in New Mexico.

John Fund thinks I am afraid of Stephen Moore (and that I am an economist). He is wrong on both counts.

The office has been vacant for 81 days. President Trump has yet to nominate a replacement.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

President Trump has lost another one of his top advisers on the fight against ISIS.

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

President Trump’s selection to serve as Acting Attorney General does not appear to be Constitutionally authorized to serve in that position.