Outside the Beltway

Hunter Biden v. DJT Trials Edition.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

Elon backs out.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.

Truly the dumbest timeline.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases healing with subpoenas for the President’s financial records.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

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.

A Federal Judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the DNC alleging a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

A new racist meme questioning Kamala Harris’s background is circulating on the Internet.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

Republicans nationwide are trying to discourage Roy Moore from running for Senate again. Roy Moore doesn’t care.

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

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

A cautious analyst makes a strong claim.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

A new blockbuster report implicates the President in no less than five Federal crimes.

Under fire from the New York Attorney General, Donald Trump’s questionable charitable foundation is shutting down.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in assisting the President in various scandals and cover-ups.

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia, and has agreed to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.

When do we stop pretending that Fox News Channel is anything other than State Run Media for the Trump Administration?

Hope Hicks jumps from one pro-Trump venue to another.

Another day, another plea agreement in the Mueller investigation. This one could prove to be problematic for the President.

With a new trial set to start in Washington at the end of the month, reports are circulating that President Trump’s former campaign manager is looking to cut a plea deal.

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos received a very generous sentence in return for his guilty plea.

The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.

A Special Election tomorrow in suburban Columbus, Ohio could tell us a lot about where the midterm elections might be headed.

Going my way?

Former Trump lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen is reportedly ready to tell investigators that the President is lying about his knowledge regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer.

Mariia Butina, a Russian “gun rights activist, is accused of being an unregistered agent of the Russian government and attempting to influence Republican Party policies regarding Russia in an operation that pre-dates the Trump Presidential campaign.

In a new interview, former Trump attorney and ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen gives the strongest signal yet that he’s ready to cooperate with investigators.

The Attorney General of New York has filed a Complaint against President Trump and several members of his family alleging widespread fraud in the operation of Trump’s charitable Foundation.

Based on a strict reading of the Constitution, a sitting President probably does have the power to pardon himself. That doesn’t mean he should be allowed to get away with it without consequence.

Russia wasn’t the only nation that sent people to meet with Trump Campaign officials at Trump Tower back in 2016 regarding assistance to the Trump Campaign.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a treasure trove of documents related to the June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer, and they raise far more questions than they answer.

National Republicans are increasingly concerned that an upstart, racist candidate who has unleashed personal attacks on Mitch McConnell’s family will sneak through and win tomorrow’s primary to decide who will face Joe Manchin in November.