Outside the Beltway

Turkish forces advance, American forces retreat, the Kurds seek new allies, and Syria and Russia come out the winners.

She’s been fibbing about how she left a teaching job nearly half a century ago.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

Fox News Channel in general, and Fox And Friends in particular, have become nothing but a propaganda network for the White House and the President.

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

Joe Biden continues to have a strong lead in the Palmetto State, thanks largely to strong support from African-American voters.

New estimates place the Cowboys and Yankees at the top of the list of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.

The top four Democratic candidates are grouped closely together in the most recent polls out of delegate-rich California.

Two new polls show that the President’s recent racist tweetstorms have not gone over well with Americans as a whole, but that’s unlikely to cause the President to walk them back.

Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

The White House office specifically charged with advising on and developing science policy now has no staffers whatsoever.

We won’t have a little-known Congressman from somewhereoranother to kick around any more.

Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor previously charged with sex crimes involving minors, has been charged with sex trafficking involving minors.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

A new report suggests that the Chinese movie-going market will surpass the American market in 2020.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

94-year-old Bill Dawson has a story to tell and is the only one left alive to tell it.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Que Sera, Sera

The Trump Administration is taking an unnecessarily militaristic approach toward Iran, and that poses real dangers for the country and for the Middle East.

Despite poll numbers suggesting otherwise, one political analyst suggests that the United States may not be “ready” for a gay President.

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is the latest entrant into the race for the Democratic nomination for President, and the field isn’t done growing.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden is calling for an end to American support for the Saudi war on Yemen.

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

A classic demonstration of the old maxim, “the medium is the message.”

Add DHS to the list of Departments being run by interims.

Another demonstration that evidence doesn’t much matter in modern American politics.

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

William Barr was easily confirmed as Attorney General in a 54-45 votes that included three Democrats crossing over to support him.

The former #2 official at the FBI is trying to sell a book.

Most Americans oppose the idea of the President using a “national emergency” to get funding for his border wall. Will that matter to him?

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

There’s not really a good explanation for this, Governor Northam.

Jeff Flake says he won’t be running against President Trump in 2020, but there may be others.

As the shutdown continues, the President’s political position is becoming weaker. He doesn’t seem to care, though.

As the shutdown goes on, the polls are getting worse for the President.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

President Trump is offering to change his ‘concrete wall’ with a ‘steel barrier’ in what he apparently things is a compromise.

As 2018 draws to a close, there’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

The Senate overwhelmingly passed major reforms in Federal sentencing and related laws. As the name of the bill implies, it’s a first step, but a good first step.

As Washington heads into the final days of a budget shutdown, Republicans find themselves on the losing end of a public relations battle.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.