Outside the Beltway

A smaller staff is arguably a good idea. But not this way.

After a two-year investigation, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice found no basis for the conspiracy theories being pushed by the Republicans regarding the Russia investigation.

Later today, California Congressman Duncan Hunter, Jr. will plead guilty to charges of embezzling up to $250,000 from his campaign’s bank account.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

He raises a very real problem.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

A key diplomat and close supporter of the President has essentially confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo between Ukrainian aid and negative information about the President’s political opponents.

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

The liberal notion that people are persuadable through airing of ideas is obsolete.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

It’s not just Ukraine.

Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace both put Administration surrogates through the ringer on their respective Sunday morning shows.

Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

A disturbing story that’s almost certainly not what it first appears.

Even when it comes from his favorite propaganda network, Donald Trump doesn’t like bad news.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide has led to many legitimate questions that should be investigated. It has also led to the rise of a number of baseless conspiracy theories.

Just over a week after Dan Coats announced he was stepping own as Director of National Intelligence, there are more shakeups at the top of the U.S. intelligence community.

Dan Coats is stepping down as Director of National Intelligence, and President Trump wants to replace him with an inexperienced, obsequious toady.

On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.

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.

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

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

Roger Stone is being ordered to Court after an Instagram post that appears to be a direct threat against the Judge presiding over his criminal case.

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

In a rare public statement, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is disputing reports that the President directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

The fact that this President is a congenital liar is well-known. The actual number of lies less than two years into his Presidency, though, is astounding.

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

For Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter, Jr. being indicted didn’t stop them from being re-elected.

A new report from The New York Times is likely to cause President Trump’s war on the Justice Department to heat up.

Just how far should White House staffers and civil servants go in protecting the public from an erratic president?

President Trump wants Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department to investigate the anonymous Op-Ed published earlier this week even though there doesn’t appear to have been a crime committed.

In an extraordinary anonymous Op-Ed, a senior White House official describes a White House in chaos.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

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 former CIA Director has been stripped of his access to classified information after repeatedly criticizing the President.

Even if all he gets out of the Helsinki Summit is a handshake and a photograph, Vladimir Putin has already won.

Alex Jones is finally being called on to answer for his irresponsible lying about events like the Sandy Hook shooting.

Three Executive Orders signed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday has government employees scrambling.

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.

General (Retired) Michael Hayden has some harsh, and concerning, criticisms of the Trump administration.

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.