Outside the Beltway

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.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

Ronny Jackson did not invent the practice of giving Ambien and Provigil to high-level government workers.

The White House is pushing back on the allegations of misconduct that were made against Ronny Jackson this week, and trying to use them in a high-profile Senate race in Montana.

President Trump may be looking to push Chief of Staff John Kelly aside by giving him a next to impossible job.

There has been a massive layoff at the Republican website. Everyone who criticized the President is gone.

With the accusations mounting, the nomination of Ronny Jackson to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs is becoming more and more imperiled.

A day after burying his wife of 73 years, the 41st President was hospitalized for an infection that had spread to his blood.

The White House physician is accused of excessive drinking on the job and improperly dispensing medication among other offenses.

Based on his recent behavior, it’s clear that the President is worried about how loyal Michael Cohen might actually turn out to be.

Mitt Romney stumbled in his bid to become Utah’s next Senator but he’s still likely to win the nomination anyway.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.

Rudy Giuliani is joining President Trump’s legal team but it’s unclear what he actually brings to that team.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal will be free to speak about her relationship with the President.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

The parents of two of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre are suing Alex Jones for falsely accusing them of lying about the deaths of their children.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

CNN reports that the Interior Secretary, who claims to be a “geologist,” merely has a geology degree.