Outside the Beltway

A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein regarding their exclusion from Presidential debates.

Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

The dangers of the tyranny of the majority have only magnified.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

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

Some Presidents knew how to respond to racism and hatred. The current President doesn’t.

“Why the hell would we do that?” — White House official.

After two days, President Trump finally found the words to condemn the parties responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, but his remarks were far too little, far too late.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

President Trump delivered a wholly inappropriate political speech to the Boy Scout Jamboree, but that should surprise nobody.

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

Robert Mueller seems to be getting closer to the President, and the Administration is responding by seeking to undermine his investigation.

A good choice for an important position.

With the Administration’s six-month point approaching, Donald Trump continues to lag in the polls.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is apparently chafing under a White House that isn’t letting him do his job.

Republicans and Democrats have picked their candidates for 2017’s Governor’s race, but the biggest name is likely to be one not on the ballot, Donald Trump.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

A seemingly ‘safe choice’ for F.B. I. Director.

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

Reports indicate that President Trump is preparing to fulfill a campaign promise and withdraw the U.S. from the accord on climate change reached in Paris in 2015.

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

Despite campaign rhetoric, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel anytime soon.

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Even with the revelations of the last three weeks, impeaching the President is still largely a fantasy.

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

Another day in Court for President Trump’s Muslim ban.

Soon visitors to the White House will be able to see Donald Trump’s “yuge” election win on display for all to see.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in the appeal of an order barring travel from six Muslim countries, and it didn’t appear to go well for the attorneys defending the ban.

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.

President Trump’s comments about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War reveal something about how he thinks, and it’s not good.

After 100 days in office, President Trump has very little to show for his work except to show that there’s no reason to trust his judgment going forward.

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

The 44th President will make as for a one-hour speech as his old annual salary. Should we worry about that?

As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump continues to suffer from bad poll numbers.

After a prolonged vacancy and a bitterly partisan confirmation process, Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Two new polls show Donald Trump hitting new lows in the polls as we get closer to his 100th day in office.

Republicans are going to find it difficult to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

Let the games begin.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

More evidence of ties between the Trump campaign and Russian interests.

Day One of the questioning of Judge Neil Gorsuch went very well, and it suggests that his path to confirmation is basically clear of serious obstacles.