Outside the Beltway

Some activists on the left are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. While that may be a great sound bite, it doesn’t really accomplish anything.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

The odds of an immigration bill passing the House were already low. This morning, President Trump pretty much guaranteed failure.

Donald Trump wants Republicans to make his immigration policies the centerpiece of the midterm campaign. What could possibly go wrong?

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.

Trump supporters seeking to justify the Trump Administration’s family separation policy are drawing a false, and baseless, equivalence between immigrant families and people who have been convicted of crimes.

A 9-0 ruling side-stepped the broader issue of to what extent purely political considerations may be applied.

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

In a new interview, the President says that he doesn’t believe that N.F.L. players who kneel during the National Anthem have a real issue.

The plagiarism case reported last May was resolved after ten months of aggravation for both sides.

The old name was apparently confusing for many customers.

President Trump is at the center of controversy again after video emerged of him returning the salute of a North Korean General.

GOP primary voters continue to reward staunch supporters of the President and punish those who get on his bad side.

Thanks to Donald Trump, the happiest man in the world right now is Vladimir Putin.

European alliance and Russian goals edition.

Anthony Bourdain was a renowned chef, writer, television host, and storyteller. He also suffered from demons that ultimately caught up with him.

Most Americans disagree with Trump on the N.F.L. National Anthem protests, but Republicans are behind him.

Days after designer Kate Spade killed herself, depression has claimed another celebrity.

Once again, President Trump seems intent on insulting a major American ally.

The actions of the Trump administration are helping Russian-EU relations (to the detriment of the US).

In the Trump Era, the White House Press Briefing is becoming shorter and less informative.

A couple weeks ago, the North Koreans made a big deal about destroying their nuclear test site. It now appears that the event the media witnessed was less than meets the eye.

With the President’s “Spygate” allegations standing largely discredited, his attorney and at the moment chief spokesperson Rudy Giuliani admits that the entire conspiracy theory was created to discredit the Mueller investigation.

The Trump Administration has lost track of nearly 1,500 children at the same time that it is implementing a new policy that will result in children who arrive at the border with their parents or other family members.

This President lies on a daily basis. It’s time to start calling him what he is.

An important message from Josh Marshall.

We all have to grow up sometime.

President Trump has been tweeting up a storm since Sunday, raising a question. Should we view his Tweets as the rantings of a cranky old man, or as something more serious?

The former President and First Lady have struck a first-of-its-kind agreement to produce a wide variety of content for Netflix.

Another school shooting, this time in Texas.

The Mueller investigation turns one year old today and, despite the arguments of Trump and his supporters, there’s no sign that it will be coming to an end in the near future.

Robert Mueller has reportedly concluded that he cannot indict a sitting President. This is not a vindication of Trump, and merely upholds a conclusion that the Justice Department reached four decades ago.

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

The Supreme Court ruled that the mere fact that the driver of a rental car is not listed on the rental agreement is not sufficient to justify a warrantless search of the vehicle.

A surprise announcement about the First Lady.

The former Senate Majority Leader had surgery in Maryland after an apparently early diagnosis.

61 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of a man who left office a failed president.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

When a President lies with the ease and regularity of Donald Trump, it’s the responsibility of all of us to call it what it is and not hide behind weasel words like “misleading.”

The Postal Service is losing billions of dollars, but not for the reasons the President claims.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has tightened in some recent polls, but on average the battle for control of Congress continues to favor Democrats.

When it comes to the Trump White House, the fish rots from the head down.

For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.

New documents reveal that the Limited Liability Company that paid off Stormy Daniels also received payments from a company linked to a Russian oligarch.

Some good news from North Korea.

A majority of Americans want the President to stay in the nuclear deal with Iran. That’s unlikely to matter to him.

Another one of Trump’s lawyers bites the dust, and hired someone with some very specific experience.

Remember Donald Trump’s strange doctor? Well, things just got stranger;.

The Vice-President’s personal physician accused Ronny Jackson of misconduct back in September, according to new reports.