Outside the Beltway

Turkish security personnel who assaulted peaceful protestors in America’s capital will go free.

Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

Breitbart News appears to be fading in terms of readership, but the alt-right politics it represents is not going away.

The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”

Joseph E. diGenova has touted the theory that rogue FBI elements have tried to frame Trump in the Russia probe.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

The special counsel may be moving beyond the 2016 campaign and into post-election obstruction of justice.

To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin has won re-election to another term as Russia’s President.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

New reports indicate that Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen has been involved in efforts to keep Stormy Daniels from telling her story for at least the past seven years.

Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.

The family real estate business made tens of millions through shady dealings.

Attorneys for the Defendants in the lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels, including the President, have removed the case to Federal Court and are claiming that Daniels owes $20 million for her alleged breaches of a settlement agreement.

Less than 24 hours after the McCabe firing, the president’s attorney explicitly connects the move to the Mueller probe.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

The selection of Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State makes it more likely that President Trump will take the foolish and dangerous step of withdrawing the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran.

Best known as a television host, he served in the Reagan administration and chief economist of Bear Stearns.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

Anderson Cooper has interviewed adult film star Stormy Daniels for 60 Minutes, but lawyers for President Trump are apparently considering legal action to stop the report from airing.

There won’t be any tanks, but it looks like President Trump will get his military parade.

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

A better than expected jobs report for February, but wage growth slowed for the month.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors is out after failing to convince the boss not to impose tariffs.

The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

The President jokingly praised his Chinese counterpart’s power grab at a fundraiser. But he seriously doesn’t understand the rule of law.

Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?

Under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, the country made a smooth transition from apartheid. Now it’s going the way of Zimbabwe.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

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

The faculty would like to strip away a 20-year-old honor in light of several statements in violation of the institution’s core values.

57% of American adults, more than 80% of blacks, 75% of Hispanics, and nearly half of whites believe their President is racist.

Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes will host a program loosely based on “Firing Line” starting in April.

The 29-year-old was one of President Trump’s most trusted aides but she had an impossible job.