Outside the Beltway

An idiot climbed the monument, wasting police resources and ruining the day for hundreds of visitors.

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

Donald Trump continues to do something that Russian and Soviet leaders likely only thought possible in their wildest dreams, drive a wedge between the United States and its NATO allies.

Donald Trump’s trade war continues to have negative consequences for American consumers and businesses.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

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 calls to “Abolish ICE” are spreading to potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist from the left, rode a wave of populism and public disdain for the outgoing President to a landslide win in Mexico

The Federal Government is hoarding an awful lot of cheese.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

The supposed promises made at the Singapore Summit don’t appear to be working out in the real world.

The current discussion about SCOTUS is a good excuse to look at how other countries handle these things.

A really weird detail buried in a New York Times story about President Trump’s efforts to get the Justice to retire.

The White House is hoping for a relatively quick turnaround time to pick a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.

President Trump is reportedly considering the 47-year-old Utah Senator to replace Anthony Kennedy.

Retiring Arizona Senator Jeff Flake says that he will not seek to block President Trump’s nominee to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.

The Presidents of the United States and Russia will meet next month and there’s reason to worry about what Trump might give away.

Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.

Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?

After hitting a stumbling bloc in April, Mitt Romney coasted to a win last night, and has a clear path to Washington and the U.S. Senate.

Joe Crowley, widely considered in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as party leader in the House, has been defeated.

Once touted as an example of his deal-making prowess, Harley-Davidson sent a rebuke to President Trump by announcing it was moving some manufacturing to Europe to counteract the impact of his ongoing trade war.

In a 5-4 party-line vote, the High Court declared that the Constitution and Federal Law give the President broad authority over immigration.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

Some activists on the left are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. While that may be a great sound bite, it doesn’t really accomplish anything.

Not surprisingly, Canadians aren’t too thrilled with Donald Trump these days.

A thinly-sourced report says Yes.

Madison was right about politicians and ambition. He just didn’t see the how it would all play out.

Notwithstanding the rhetoric of the President and his supporters, most Americans believe that immigration is a good thing for the United States.

Melania Trump visited a detention center in Texas where children are being held by the Federal Government, but it was her choice of apparel that seemed to garner the most attention.

The Administration is going to unveil a plan for a major reorganization of government agencies today.

A new poll out of Arizona gives Republicans some hope that they’ll be able to dodge the possibility of Joe Arpaio or Kelli Ward winning a primary to fill an already vulnerable seat.

Donald Trump wants Republicans to make his immigration policies the centerpiece of the midterm campaign. What could possibly go wrong?

John Kelly is nearing the end of his first year as White House Chief of Staff, and it’s becoming apparent that his mission to bring order to a disordered White House has failed.

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.

Seemingly out of nowhere yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief ordered the Pentagon to create a fifth service.

A federal trial court has ruled the practice an unconstitutional infringement on suffrage.

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.

The offer was made to Roger Stone.

In a new interview, the President says that he doesn’t believe that N.F.L. players who kneel during the National Anthem have a real issue.

Donald Trump said he wishes people would ‘sit up and pay attention’ to him the way they do in North Korea when Kim Jong Un speaks.

House Republicans put forward a plan to protect DACA beneficiaries, but President Trump appears to have doomed it already.

Two months ago, the President called on states to send National Guard troops to the border. As expected, they’re not guarding the border.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorial cartoonist is out after twenty-five years.

There was some degree of humor in the Dept. of Justice’s Inspector General’s report.

The Department of Justice’s Inspector General found that former F.B.I. Director James Comey was ‘insubordinate’ in regard to the Clinton email investigation, but found no evidence of political bias at the Bureau.

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.

The GOP and Donald Trump are indistinguishable now. But it’s not clear what that means.