Outside the Beltway

Patrick Caddell, who helped Jimmy Carter win the Democratic nomination and White House in 1976, has died at the age of 68.

There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump’s current actions).

When it comes to the shutdown and border wall showdown that started back in December, Donald Trump is the biggest loser.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

The former Attorney General is seriously pondering a presidential bid. Seriously.

The self-appointed Acting President of Venezuela has said he doesn’t rule out the idea of American intervention in his country, but we should rule it out immediately.

Negotiations to avert another shutdown appear to have stalled over the weekend with just four days left to go before funding runs out.

After a week of scandal and chaos in Virginia politics, there’s no sign that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is going anywhere, and there’s very little that can be done to force him out of office.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

All three of the elected state officials in Virginia are under some kind of cloud, and nobody seems to know what’s going to happen next.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

President Trump’s detailed schedules reveal a man who doesn’t seem to spend a lot of time actually working.

There’s a good reason why Democrats want Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to get out of the way sooner rather than later.

Despite overwhelming calls for his resignation, Ralph Northam is refusing to step down as Governor of Virginia.

Bret Stephens on Howard Schultz

…there is only one plausible pathway to get there.

A new study reveals that the Republican tax cut package passed at the end of 2017 has not had the economic impact the GOP claimed it would.

His critique is rather telling.

The way we elect Presidents make it unlikely that a third-party candidate like Howard Schultz could ever actually win the the Presidency.

A WaPo data analyst gives it a shot.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Looking ahead, the political landscape does not look well for the President.

Regardless of whether or not you think Nancy Pelosi won the government shutdown, Donald Trump clearly lost.

The situation in Venezuela entered a new stage yesterday as opposition leader Juan Guaidó claimed the nation’s Presidency.

New polling data indicates that Americans are more pessimistic about the future of the Trump Presidency. That’s not good news for him, or for Republicans.

The government shutdown is beginning to negatively impact the public’s perception of the health of the economy.

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

As expected. California Senator Kamala Harris has entered the race for President.

New polling seems to indicate that President Trump is losing support among an important part of his base.

Tulsi Gabbard was born in American Samoa, an American territory whose residents are generally not American citizens from birth. However, she is nonetheless a “natural born citizen.”

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

As the shutdown continues the numbers get worse for the President, but he doesn’t seem to care.

Theresa May survived the Labour Party’s call for a no-confidence vote, but the future for her and for her country remain as hazy as ever.

A Federal Judge has blocked the Trump Administration from going forward with a plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest Democratic entrant into the 2020 race for President.

Donald Trump continues to appear to advocate ideas that harm American national interests and benefit Vladimir Putin. Draw your own conclusions as to why.

Later today, Theresa May’s Brexit deal will face a decisive vote in the House of Commons in a vote that could have implications for May’s own hold on power.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

Paul Manafort’s attorneys reveal in a pleading that their client provided insider campaign data to Russian intelligence sources, something that seems an awful lot like collusion.

In a move that is likely to have political and international consequences, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially severed ties with Moscow.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden will reportedly decide on whether or not he’ll be entering the race for President in the near future.

The Supreme Court is taking up the issue of partisan gerrymandering. This time, though, they’re likely to reach the merits of the cases rather than punting like they did last year.

As the shutdown drags on, Mitch McConnell finds himself facing pressure from the White House and from members of his own caucus.

Not surprisingly, President Trump significantly accelerated the pace of his lies in 2018.

With Democrats set to take control of Congress today, a resolution to the shutdown doesn’t appear to be any closer.

The President is blaming Democrats for the fact that so many of his Ambassadors have not been confirmed. The truth, of course, is quite the opposite.

Democrats have unveiled what appears as if it will be their first effort to end the shutdown, but there are already signs Republicans will reject it.

President Trump is now threatening to close the border if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall.