Outside the Beltway

For intelligence and law enforcement to function, their leaders must remain outside the partisan fray—even in recent retirement.

Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.

The FBI’s former deputy director was shamefully fired late Friday night, after which President Trump gloated on Twitter.

The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that completely eviscerates the memo prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes.

President Trump’s tweets, other public statements, and actions are causing world leaders to doubt the reliability of the United States on the world stage.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

H.R. McMaster is fighting a losing battle for control of the National Security Council staff.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

Tuition goes up as state funding goes down.