Outside the Beltway

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló is set to leave office on Friday, but his designated successor doesn’t want the job.

The President unleashed another racist attack, this time on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings.

After weeks of protests and years of frustrations, Ricardo Rosselló, the Governor of Puerto Rico, announced last night that he will be resigning from office.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

Starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning, the eyes and ears of Washington and much of the nation will be focus on one thing, the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

A federal appeals court has ruled that DC and Maryland officials have no right to bring the suit.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

A weird media narrative has formed.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

The Republican Party is ruining the country. But so are the Democrats?

New polling suggests that the President may not be benefiting from the relatively healthy economy as much as expected.

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

Benjamin Netanyahu named a town that doesn’t exist, and most probably will never exist, after the President of the United States.

Four years ago, Donald Trump began his campaign for President. What has followed has been as bad as could have been predicted that day.

A trio of new polls shows Elizabeth Warren slipping past Bernie Sanders into second place in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination

Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr’s defense of campaign law violations against him suffered a big setback yesterday when his wife and co-Defendant entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is being accused of giving preferential access to businesses and businessmen tied to her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Despite appearing to have emerged from April’s election as the winner, Benjamin Netanyahu was unable to form a government. This means that Israel will have to hold new elections in September.

Justin Amash’s call for impeachment of the President, and the Republican Party’s reaction to it, is telling us a lot about the current state of the GOP.

The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?

The Trump Administration lost what is likely to be the first of many court challenges to its effort to stop Congress from doing what the Constitution requires it to do.

The way the Navy and Congress have handled this has been abysmal.

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

The President is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

While street protests continue, the efforts to get the Venezuelan military to oust President Nicolas Maduro appear to have failed.

200-odd Congressional Democrats are taking an odd route to go after corruption.

This is my shocked face.

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

The Wikileaks founder has been detained by London authorities after 7 years hiding in Ecuador’s embassy.

Both major parties have claimed victory but it certainly looks like Likud will hang on.

While polarization in our national politics gets the most attention, several states also face serious rural-urban tensions.

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

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.

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

The Saudis tortured an American citizen, but the Trump Administration doesn’t care.

With criminal charges and an election hanging over his head, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to the political right for support and survival.

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being charged with three charges of corruption even as he faces an election in just over a month.

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

A North Carolina Congressional Election that was tainted by Absentee Ballot Fraud will be redone.

The end of racism may have been prematurely declared.

The former Attorney General is seriously pondering a presidential bid. Seriously.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest entrant into an already crowded field for the Democratic nomination.

After a week of scandal and chaos in Virginia politics, there’s no sign that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is going anywhere, and there’s very little that can be done to force him out of office.