Outside the Beltway

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

Framing matters.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

Cyber security experts are quite alarmed.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

President Trump loses yet another Cabinet Secretary.

Once again, a fight is set to brew over funding for the President’s border wall. Will he force another shutdown in an election year?

Obvious advice is obvious.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

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

The Supreme Court handed the President a victory last night, ruling that the Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging his funding of the border wall did not have standing to challenge his diversion of Defense Department funds. This may only be a temporary victory, though.

While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

President Trump threatened mass immigration raids. What was delivered was far less met the eye.

Another case where the cruelty is the point?

The House Judiciary Committee has upped the ante in the showdown between the Trump Administration and Congress.

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Trump Administration is expected to begin mass deportation raids as early as this weekend.

Not a new observation, but one that should not be forgotten.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a series of cases challenging the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Following through on a threat made by the President earlier this week, immigration authorities are reportedly planning mass raids aimed primarily at immigrant families starting tomorrow.

Despite his claims, President Trump is actually deporting fewer people than were deported under former President Obama.

A new report in The New York Times raises both national security and Constitutional concerns.

The President unveiled some incoherent ideas yesterday that have no chance of becoming law.

Counter-Intelligence officials are warning that Russia is preparing another election interference campaign for the 2020 election.

Stephen Miller and others wanted to punish Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats by dumping detained migrants in their districts.

Says “He’s pulling the rug out from the very people that are trying to help him accomplish his goal.”

The tumultuous turnover at the top of the Trump team is too much.

Add DHS to the list of Departments being run by interims.

The (Acting) Secretary of Defense has issued an unconstitutional order.

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

Most Americans don’t want to see another government shutdown, but they’re somewhat divided on the issue of a border wall.

Congressional negotiators have reportedly reached a budget deal, but it’s not clear if the President will agree to it.

Negotiations to avert another shutdown appear to have stalled over the weekend with just four days left to go before funding runs out.

In a deal that can only be described as a cave by the President, the government shutdown is on course to be ended by the end of the day today.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

The Senate rejected Republican and Democratic proposals as expected but there are some signs of movement forward.

As the shutdown enters its thirty-fourth day and the Senate gets ready to vote on proposals that have no chance of succeeding, Democrats are preparing a new proposal.

The Senate has the ball this week in terms of action on the government shutdown, but its work is going to end up being utterly pointless.

Not surprisingly, the President’s proposed shutdown deal is not being received well by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

President Trump put an offer on the table to end the shutdown, the question is whether it will actually lead anywhere.

With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.

Nancy Pelosi is “suggesting” to the President that the State of the Union be rescheduled for a time after the government shutdown ends, but it clearly seems like more than just a suggestion.

The Speaker is well within her rights to make Trump’s invitation conditional on ending the shutdown. But let’s not pretend we can’t keep him safe.

President Trump is claiming that he could use authority to declare a “national emergency” to build his wall even if Congress doesn’t authorize it.