Outside the Beltway

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

The first shoe has dropped.

44% of Republicans strongly disapprove of President Biden’s performance while only 22% of Democrats strongly approve.

A chance for a real investigation? Ruined legitimacy?

He’s in the minority but promises to start obstructing again if that changes.

They are standing by as ordered.

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

Last night, Trump decided it would be a good idea to attack a dead Congressman and his widow.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

Donald Trump’s delusions of grandeur are getting more and more bizarre.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

Bernie Sanders is facing questions about sexual harassment from women who worked on his 2016 campaign as he prepares a likely run for President in 2020.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

Now that the election is over, President Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media seem to have completely forgotten about the “invading” “caravan” of Central American asylum seekers.

President Trump claims that November will see a “red wave” rather than the “blue wave” that most analysts are expecting. There’s no evidence to support his hypothesis.

Former Vice-President Biden’s eulogy for his friend John McCain is a lesson in what has gone wrong with American politics.

Recently indicted Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. is blaming his apparently estranged wife and the so-called “Deep State” for the fact that he’s charged with embezzling a quarter million dollars from his campaign.

The American public is not sold on the idea of a ‘Space Force.’

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

Republicans joined with Democrats to advance a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but it’s unlikely to go anywhere beyond that.

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

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.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

President Trump’s reaction to the failure of health care reform efforts in the Senate demonstrates yet again that he doesn’t know how to be President.

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

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

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

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

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled Senators when asked about his contact with Russian officials.

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.

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

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

Clinton stumbles and leaves an event early, leading to the news that her campaign has been withholding health information from the press.

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

In a sign that the ongoing F.B.I. investigation into her use of a private email server and handling of classified information is coming to an end, the former Secretary of State was interviewed by Federal Agents today.