Outside the Beltway

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.

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.

New Jersey Senate Bob Menendez has temporarily dodged a bullet, but his ultimate fate is far from clear.

Notwithstanding overwhelming public support, Congress is not moving forward on a proposal to ban bump stocks.

The Jobs Market bounces back in October, but the numbers are far from impressive.

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

A month that was highlighted by the capture of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa ends with an apparent lone wolf ISIS-inspired attack in New York City

President Trump remains the most unpopular newly elected President since the end of the Second World War, and there’s no sign that will change.

The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson spoke out about the death of her husband and the controversy over the phone call she received from President Trump. And Trump proceeded to attack her and call her a liar.

White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly publicly defended the President’s call to a military widow yesterday, but he got several facts wrong in the process.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

The President’s job approval numbers remain at historic lows, while a growing number of Americans say that the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

A very weak jobs report thanks mostly to the impact of two Category 5 hurricanes.

Don’t hold your breath, but the Las Vegas shooting may actually prompt Congress to do something.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

The band leader of the Heartbreakers and the Traveling Wilburys is gone.

While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

Former N.F.L. player, and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez suffered from a severe case of C.T.E. at the time of his death according to a post-mortem brain study.

President Trump’s job approval has improved slightly, but the numbers remain historically low for a newly elected President.

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Some more interesting post-election commentary from Hillary Clinton.

Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.

Donald Trump went there again, and in the process reopened a wound that was starting to heal just a little bit.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

At some point, it will be time to move on.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats on spending and the debt ceiling, but it was an exceedingly bad one.

Two polls find that most Americans support letting DACA beneficiaries to stay in the United States. Will that help move Congress to act?

A stupid comment about Hurricane Harvey cost a Florida professor his job.

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

President Trump is threatening to end a program that has benefited at least 750,000 innocent people.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

President Trump once again revealed his true self at a press conference yesterday.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

It’s not the time away from the White House that matters, it’s the hypocrisy.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

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