Outside the Beltway

A Duke history professor uncovers “stealth plan” by “fifth columnists” who are seeking to overthrow democracy in the U.S. for their plutocrat masters.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

Another failed attempt to demonstrate the problems of voter fraud in the US.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

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.

More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.

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

Some thoughts on the current state of the Democrats.

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

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.

Reports are indicating that President Trump may cancel or delay his trip to the United Kingdom due to planned protests.

Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff is leading in a race that Republicans should be winning easily.

A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.

Great Britain heads to the polls today.

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.

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

Another night of terror in the United Kingdom.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

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

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.

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

Trump’s job approval numbers continue to sink.

Republicans are finding that their constituents aren’t very happy about the passage of the American Health Care Act.

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.

America’s longest war is still going on, and President Trump’s advisers want him to continue his predecessor’s policies of continuing to re-expand American forces in a war that has seemingly no end.

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.

Once again, the GOP punts on ‘repeal and replace’ because they don’t have the votes.

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

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

Faced with the fact that it has little to show for its first 100 days in office, the Trump Administration is pressuring Congress to come up with a new health care reform bill before the end of next week.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

A political surprise in Great Britain as Prime Minister Theresa May calls a snap election for June 8th.

President Trump’s job approval woes are starting to impact the GOP as a whole.