Outside the Beltway

Perception v. reality.

It may well be that the 25th Amendment, not the impeachment clause, will be his undoing.

Two big admissions from the Director of the F.B.I. today are likely to lead to real political headaches for the Trump Administration.

Donald Trump isn’t going to change, and that’s bad news for all of us.

More conflicts of interest for the Trump Administration.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

Hawaii is the first state to challenge the Trump Administration’s revised Muslim travel ban.

Ben Carson is back and he’s saying some pretty dumb things again.

Whether you call it TrumpCare, RyanCare, or GOPCare, the Republican replacement for the PPACA isn’t very impressive.

Donald Trump took to Twitter again this morning with predictable results.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.

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.