Outside the Beltway

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

California is the latest state to try to force all Presidential candidates, including the President, to release their tax returns as a condition for getting on the ballot. It’s not at all clear that this is permitted under the Constitution.

If the economy remains strong, then Democrats could find it harder to beat the President than they thought.

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

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

The latest CNN poll raises some questions about gender bias.

New poll numbers suggest that Congressional Democrats need to be careful about how aggressively they pursue their investigations of the Trump White House.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

There’s some very good news for Joe Biden in the first polls taken after he entered the Presidential race.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

Further evidence that Sri Lankan authorities failed to act on warnings of rising Jihadism in their country.

Stephen Moore, who has been nominated to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board by President Trump. has a history of controversial remarks about women.

Sanders’ position on felon voting is logical, yet politically suicidal.

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

Pete Buttigieg is in the top three in a recent poll of New Hampshire Democratic primary voters, but can it last?

Pete Buttigieg is getting a lot of attention for a relatively unknown candidate. but it’s unclear if it can last.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

The US is reproducing below the replacement rate.

The tumultuous turnover at the top of the Trump team is too much.

Bernie also faces disclosure pressures.

The law is not on the President’s side.

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

The Justice Department has reversed course and will not fight a December ruling overturning the Affordable Care Act.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is cutting short his US trip to deal with what his government is calling a Hamas attack.

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

Beto O’Rourke hasn’t officially said that he’s running for President, but he’s certainly sending all the signals you’d expect from a Presidential candidate.

The former Vice President is seen as “just right” by likely Caucus goers.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

Luke Perry’s death is a sad reminder.

A new report demonstrates that the relationship between Fox News Channel and the Trump Administration is much closer and more pervasive than previously believed.

We won’t have Hillary Clinton to kick around anymore.

He conjures the imperialist past with such comments (and he doesn’t even use the term correctly).

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

The President of the United States and the most-talked-about freshman Representative in ages could not be more different.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

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

The populist Democrat won’t be hosting fundraising dinners. Until the general election campaign, at least.

And I’d still prefer her to Donald Trump.

Literally no current candidate for President has a net favorable opinion rating.

Robert Mueller appears to be winding down his investigation and getting ready to submit a report to the Attorney General.

A Coast Guard officer and aspiring domestic terrorist was arrested late yesterday for plotting to kill Democratic politicians and members of the media.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is facing criticism for raising questions about how sports handles the issue of transgender athletes competing within the gender they identify with. She shouldn’t be.

While I’m sympathetic to his plight, he has no case.

Faced with a field that could be more crowded than the Republican field in 2016, Democrats have come up with a different solution to the rather obvious problem of debate scheduling.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

When it comes to the shutdown and border wall showdown that started back in December, Donald Trump is the biggest loser.