Outside the Beltway

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

Lt. General Michael Flynn is declining to comply with a Congressional subpoena regarding the Russia investigation, and invoking his rights under the Fifth Amendment.

President Trump’s speech on Islam was a change of tone. However, as critics noted, it was short on substance and is unlikely to accomplish anything.

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

Coming to a television set or Internet livestream near you sometime after Memorial Day.

Iranian voters have re-elected Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate whose election in 2013 was largely responsible for the shifts in policy that made the international agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear research program possible.

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

For some reason, Joe Lieberman is apparently the front-runner to replace James Comey at the F.B.I.

During the campaign, Donald Trump promised to undo the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. Now his Administration is signaling that, at least for now, the deal will stay in place.

Despite campaign rhetoric, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel anytime soon.

After news of the appointment of a special counsel in the Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s persecution complex was on full display.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Even with the revelations of the last three weeks, impeaching the President is still largely a fantasy.

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

Another day, another allegation against the President. This time, though, it’s very, very serious.

President Trump’s decision to share highly classified information with the Russians is yet another demonstration of his dangerous hubris and incompetence.

Two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, nearly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of legal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans.

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

Soon visitors to the White House will be able to see Donald Trump’s “yuge” election win on display for all to see.

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.

Was Jim Comey fired in an effort to impede the Russia investigation? Trump’s own words are making it sound more and more likely.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the American Health Care Act.

Trump’s job approval numbers continue to sink.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

As usual, an attempt to explain congressional behavior brings us back to the issue of our basic institutions. The way we elect congress matters.

Emmanuel Macron holds a decisive lead over Marine Le Pen as the French Presidential election heads into its final hours.

F.B.I. Director James Comey testified yesterday on the reasons he chose to publicly speak out just days before the 2016 election about the reopened Clinton email investigation.

There’s been a palace coup at The Heritage Foundation.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

Donald Trump discovers reality.

The first scorecard for President Trump’s first economic quarter in office isn’t exactly very good.

The Freedom Caucus may be mollified, but moderate Republicans and the Senate aren’t. Meaning that repeal and replacement of Obamacare is becoming less likely.

Roy Moore, who is currently on suspension, has resigned as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in order to challenge Luther Strange for his seat in the US Senate.

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

Six months after the election, the postmortems of the Clinton campaign all seem to have one thing in common, they all point at things other than the candidate and her campaign as being the reason she lost.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.