Outside the Beltway

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

The revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s June 2016 meeting with someone represented as being a Russian government official just keep getting worse.

Inching towards evidence of at least attempted collusion?

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

A report states that the meeting was set up on the predicate of information on the Clinton campaign.

Add another example of an undisclosed Russia-linked meeting and Team Trump.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

The Senate left for vacation without a viable path forward on health care reform, and the road ahead seems treacherous and hard to navigate.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

The GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare faces another roadblock, namely the fact that the American public doesn’t support their replacement plan.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

With tomorrow marking the end of the Court’s current term, there’s speculation that we could see Justice Anthony Kennedy stepping down.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

Republicans and Democrats have picked their candidates for 2017’s Governor’s race, but the biggest name is likely to be one not on the ballot, Donald Trump.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

If Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter does that constitute a First Amendment violation? Two Twitter users say yes, but their argument is very weak.

Most Americans believe that President Trump has been actively trying to block the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation

In addition to the race in New Jersey, the statewide races in Virginia are also being looked to as a barometer of American politics in the first year of the Trump Administration.

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno will face off against each other to succeed Chris Christie in New Jersey.

Only 28% of Americans support President Trump’s decision to back out of the Paris Accord, but it’s not clear that this will harm him politically.

President Trump took to Twitter again this morning and promptly shot himself in the foot.

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

President Trump responded to last night’s terror attacks by taking to Twitter.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

President Trump is reportedly considering at least partly reversing one of the great foreign policy successes of the Obama Presidency.

Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is now expected to testify before Congress next week, and will reportedly confirm previous reports that the President pressured him to end the Bureau’s Russia investigation.

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

The Trump White House loses ts first major staffer, and more are likely to come.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter. Now he’s going to Congress, but the outcome of the election really shouldn’t be a surprise.

A new poll reports that most Americans don’t believe the President when it comes to key parts of the Russia investigation.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

The Republican candidate in today’s Special Election in Montana has been charged with assaulting a reporter.

Donald Trump seems to have an odd habit of sharing highly classified information with questionable people.

There’s a Special Election in Montana tomorrow, and the Democratic candidate is performing far above expectations.