Outside the Beltway

Longstanding policy that the Justice Department defend an Act of Congress if there is “any reasonable argument” it is constitutional is being ignored.

Echoing the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration is arguing that it did not need Congressional authorization to attack Syria earlier this year.

An inordinate amount of cruelty is being perpetrated in the name of border security. It’s only partly the fault of the current President.

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.

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

A new lawsuit seeks to have the 2012 DACA program declared unconstitutional.

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

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban. It didn’t appear to go well for the challengers.

The Trump Administration has suffered another setback in its efforts to repeal DACA.

After eight months in office, the pressures on Chief of Staff John Kelly continue to mount under a President who cannot be controlled and whose behavior will not change.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

In a bizarre Twitter rant, President Trump declared a DACA deal “dead,” blaming Democrats when it’s clear that it’s largely his fault.

The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

The prospect for a fix to help DACA beneficiaries is looking gloomier than ever.

President Trump’s military parade would come with a not insignificant cost.

Another Federal Judge has placed a hold on President Trump’s order to end DACA.

The Judge presiding over a case dealing with Trump’s proposed border wall expressed doubts about the project. The President will no doubt be irked by the identity of that Judge.

WaPo is overhyping things a bit.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

A Federal Judge has put a hold on the impending end of the DACA program.

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

New York Knicks Center Enes Katner is at the center of an international legal dispute for speaking out against the President of Turkey.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

A month that was highlighted by the capture of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa ends with an apparent lone wolf ISIS-inspired attack in New York City

The White House believes that it is ‘inappropriate’ to question Generals. This argument is not only wrong, it’s downright dangerous.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

Yet another lawsuit against yet another controversial Trump Administration policy.

A Federal Judge has blocked enforcement of a Dept. of Justice policy purporting to block funding to so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’

The University of California has joined the list of Plaintiffs suing the Trump Administration over its decision to end DACA.

Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke loses out on yet another Trump Administration position thanks to Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Controversial Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has resigned and will reportedly go to work for Donald Trump.

President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.

The problematic nature of Arpaio’s tenure goes beyond just his contempt charge.

Another one bites the dust.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

The Trump Administration will not try to stop former F.B.I. Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

The infamous former sheriff and current Trump Homeland Security official committed academic fraud.

With a government shutdown looming at the end of the week, the Administration has appeared to back away from a demand that a government funding bill include money allocated for the President’s promised border wall.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a case dealing with whether Missouri can deny a religious school from participating in a program to make school playgrounds safer.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke suggests building Trump’s Wall on Mexican territory.