Outside the Beltway

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

President Trump’s comments about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War reveal something about how he thinks, and it’s not good.

After 100 days in office, President Trump has very little to show for his work except to show that there’s no reason to trust his judgment going forward.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

Another big change at Fox News Channel.

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

President Trump has actually made a good pick for National Security Adviser. As with the rest of his foreign policy team, though, the question is if he’ll listen to him.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

An unsurprising ‘resignation’ from the shortest-serving National Security Adviser in history.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

Donald Trump is turning out to be a man uniquely obsessed with appearances, and it’s impacting his entire Administration.

A Super Bowl ad will cost you a cool $5,000,000 for thirty seconds.

The mystery of what happened aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 may remain at the bottom of the Indian Ocean forever.

One of the few members of a small fraternity of heroes has passed away.

Beginning late this morning, the Electors in each of the states will meet to carry out their Constitutional function. Despite the drama accompanying this year’s election, there’s likely to be far less drama than some people seem to be hoping for.

What to watch for tonight.

With Donald Trump on the ballot, Bill Maher regrets some past words. He shouldn’t be the only one.

Two weeks before Election Day, everything seems to be going Hillary Clinton’s way.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

The sense of national ‘unity’ that existed in the wake of the September 11th attacks didn’t last for very long.

Evan McMullin’s quixotic campaign for President continues.

A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.

Donald Trump has spent more time recently attacking the news media than anything else. He ought to be condemned for it.

Donald Trump started out his campaign by telling us that the American dream is dead, and he returned to those dark and pessimistic themes in his acceptance speech last night.00

Big change at America’s most-watched cable news network.

As the allegations of sexual harassment grow, reports are also growing that Roger Ailes may be out at Fox News much sooner than many may have anticipated.

Hillary Clinton’s extreme carelessness with classified information probably won’t cost her the election, but it should.

Truth? Donald Trump can’t handle the truth.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

The murder of Jo Cox, MP is looking more and more like a politically motivated assassination, and that’s causing some in Great Britain to look inward.

Top Republican donors are becoming increasingly concerned that Donald Trump isn’t paying enough attention to raising money for the General Election campaign.

Several recent polls have shown the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tightening, but it likely means far less than the media hype makes it sound like.

The coming political battle over President Obama’s effort to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia will likely be unlike anything we’ve seen before.

Primary turnout is not predictive of general election outcomes.

Mitt Romney came out with a blistering speech denouncing Donald Trump, but it’s unlikely to have much of an impact on the race.

The host of a weekend show on MSNBC is angry that the network wants her to talk about the presidential race.

Observations, questions, and some toastosity.

Despite media narratives to the contrary, I do not see this as a truly competitive contest.

Ted Cruz won, Marco Rubio surged into a stronger than expected third place, and Donald Trump was humbled just a little bit, but he was hardly a “loser.” The race for the GOP nomination has begun for real.

Without Trump, the seventh Republican debate largely focused on Ted Cruz, who doesn’t seem to have done himself any favors. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will likely not pay any price at all for skipping the last pre-Iowa debate.

The primary debates continue to draw in a lot of viewers.