Outside the Beltway

Deadlnes make deals.

A surprising honor.

Blue states might get some surprising help.

The honey badger strikes again.

The public has a right to know what its prosecutor has found.

Editors killed a cartoon criticizing media and tech moguls for giving money to Trump.

The real crime is what’s legal.

It’s not known if they’re related.

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

What could go wrong?

The fight over the continuing resolution raises some questions.

Our transitions are too long.

The bad guys are having a bad week.

Nunes and Grinell.

They repeatedly said he has been found “liable for rape.” The nerve.

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

It’s going to be a long four years.

The Florida governor is among several names being floated to replace Pete Hegseth.

Trump is like a child with a new toy.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

The dark side of federalism.

Just lie about it.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Here we go again.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

When the abnormal ceases to be.

We have crossed Putin’s red line.

Of leopards and faces.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

The ludicrous appointments keep coming.

An indefensible choice.

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

One thread that runs through most explanations for Tuesday’s result.

Putting down markers for future reference.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

Definitely not advice from the pope

How that awful man won again.

Let’s take a moment to recognize our grief, and what it means.

Like Guy Fawkes, I got burnt!