Outside the Beltway

POTUS decided to start the New Year by insulting Pakistan over Twitter.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

Fixing long term shifts in manufacturing isn’t easy.

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

A new poll shows President Trump losing to a “Generic Democrat.” This poll means nothing.

After nearly twenty years, the Republican domination of the Virginia House of Delegates came to an end thanks to a single vote.

As we near the end of the year, the President’s job approval numbers remain at historically low levels, and there’s no sign that they’ll improve in 2018.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

We’re looking to inject some new life into an old blog.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama is bringing out into the open a civil war that has been going on for seven years now.

As expected, Minnesota’s Governor has named his Lt. Governor to replace Al Franken in the Senate.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

There are no good outcomes for the GOP in Alabama.

Transgender Americans will be able to enlist in the military beginning January 1st thanks to a ruling from a Federal District Court Judge.

A top Republican political analyst is warning that a Roy Moore victory in Alabama could pose real problems for Republicans in 2018. If it does, they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

Explaining what Tuesday is likely to bring.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

Donald Trump Jr. is claiming that some conversations between him and his father are covered by the attorney-client privilege. Based on what we know about those conversations, there’s a good possibility that he’s right.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

President Trump has formally endorsed an accused child molester for the United States Senate.

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

North Korea tests another missile, and sends another message to the United States and its allies in Asia and the Pacific.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.

A horrible terror attack in Egypt.

President Trump put his thumb on the scale for Roy Moore, ignoring the allegations of harassment and sexual abuse that have been made against the candidate.

Voters rank factors before choosing how to vote.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

Donald Trump is without question the pettiest, most vindictive person to ever occupy the Oval Office.

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

The differing reactions among Republicans in Washington and the base of the Republican Party to the charges against Roy Moore have enhanced a civil war inside the Republican Party.

Donald Trump has been President 300 days and the record reveals no real accomplishments and increased dissatisfaction with the job he’s doing.

More indications that Donald Trump Jr. was heavily involved in Trump campaign efforts to coordinate with foreign contacts regarding damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

Roy Moore’s most die-hard defenders are living in a world of their own, and it’s unlikely they’ll change their minds.

Even during an overseas trip, President Trump continues to try to undermine the Russia investigation.

As a candidate, Donald Trump liked to claim that he only hired the “top people.” and said he would do the same thing as President. So far, it isn’t working out that way.

An attempt to explain the consequences of institutional design.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

To nobody’s surprise, a blue state returns to its roots.

On North Korea, there are two options, deterrence and war. And only one of those options makes sense.

Yet more evidence of potential collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russians.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.