Outside the Beltway

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

Independent of the current controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration order, Republicans in Congress are looking at a plan to break up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Stephen Miller said something very stupid on “Meet The Press” this morning.

Donald Trump is turning out to be a man uniquely obsessed with appearances, and it’s impacting his entire Administration.

The President throws the US under the bus to defend Putin.

Once again, Donald Trump has played his supporters for suckers.

Survivors and family members of the Pulse Nightclub attack have filed what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit.

Republicans are afraid to oppose Donald Trump for fear that his supporters will come after them.

A controversial member of George W. Bush’s foreign policy team is up for a post in Donald Trump’s State Department.

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

Good thing the world is a static, simple place…

Neither President Obama nor Vice-President Biden will attend Fidel Castro’s funeral.

A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.

The final debate of 2016 didn’t draw as many viewers as the first Hillary v. Donald match-up, but it still drew a respectable number.

Last night’s debate, sadly, lived down to my expectations.

For better or worse, the third Presidential debate will largely be remembered for one thing.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.

With five weeks to go, the momentum in the race is moving decidedly in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

It looks like we won’t have Roy Moore to kick around anymore.

With just forty-nine days left in the campaign, and less than a week before the first debate, the race for President is tighter than ever.

Once again, the debate commission controlled by the two major parties is excluding third-party candidates from the Presidential debates.

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

Evan McMullin’s quixotic campaign for President continues.

Roger Ailes’s sexual harassment has led to Fox News paying out some big dollars.

Another poll shows that Latino voters are set to reject Donald Trump in record numbers, and now they’re turning against the GOP.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, Donald Trump has had three separate positions on how he’d deal with illegal immigrants already in the country.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

Not surprisingly, Latino voters are heavily turned off by Donald Trump and seemingly quite eager to vote against him in the fall.

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,

The Old Dominion seems like it’s going to be even more firmly Democratic in 2016.

It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump, something he can ill-afford with less than 100 days left until Election Day.

Most Americans distrust Clinton. More distrust Trump.

Basic trust in process is essential for democratic governance to function and major party nominees ought not be undercutting that trust for cynical gain.