Outside the Beltway

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

We’re going to make history one way or another in November.

It got somewhat ugly at the kids’ table.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

(Or not. Part 1,276,524).

A smaller staff is arguably a good idea. But not this way.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

The real scandal isn’t the price tag but the beneficiary.

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

The 2016 frontrunners at this stage won their nominations easily. But that’s often not the case.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

For the third time in history, an American President has been impeached.

Cory Booker’s campaign is starting to show some of the same signs of collapse that Kamala Harris’s did.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

Greg Mankiw, an economist who served as a top adviser to Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, is officially no longer a Republican

It wasn’t exactly a warm reception for President Trump at last night’s World Series Game Five.

It’s not the responsibility of the opposition party to make up for Donald Trump.

North Korea appears to be pulling back from any future negotiations over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, leaving the Trump Administration’s Korea policy in shambles.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

The real crime is what’s legal.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

Obvious advice is obvious.

What we know for sure.

Eighteen years after it started, the American public seems to be mostly ignoring the war in Afghanistan. But that isn’t an excuse for not bringing it to an end.

It’s still early in the election cycle but there’s plenty for the President to worry about.

President Trump has named his fourth National Security Adviser in less than three years.

A new poll finds President Trump trailing his potential Democratic opponents by huge margins among Latino voters.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.

Robert Mugabe led a nation to independence only to become a dictator who destroyed its economy, has died at the age of 95.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

To listen to the meda, Joe Biden’s recent gaffes and malapropisms are a major story. For regular Americans, though, they don’t seem to matter.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

Iowa Congressman Steve King finds himself low on campaign cash and with virtually no support from his party.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.