Outside the Beltway

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

Washington said farewell to George H.W. Bush today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

Bret Stephens’ piece this week adds up to not much.

Trump uses an array of ugly language about immigrants. He pretends like he is just talking about MS13 but that is not the case.

The odds of an immigration bill passing the House were already low. This morning, President Trump pretty much guaranteed failure.

Children are not political bargaining chips, but that’s exactly what this President plans to turn them into.

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

Stephon Clark died after being shot eight times in the back and side by police in Sacramento. So far, the authorities haven’t acted.

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

President Trump is pressing the idea of arming teachers to stop shootings in schools.

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.

Tensions continue to rise between the White House and Foggy Bottom.

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.

A night of carnage and depravity in the United Kingdom.

The FBI Director faced a damned if you do, damned if you don’t choice.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Of course Donald Trump responded to a Gold Star Father in the worst possible way.

A horrific night in Dallas.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

An overnight shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left 20 people dead and at least 42 injured.

Should we treat terrorists as trolls?

Thirty years ago this week, tragedy struck America’s Space Program.

Mass shootings rightly grab our attention. But the obscure the overall picture of violent crime.

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, some people have argued that American solidarity with France, in contrast to seeming disregard for tragedy elsewhere, is something we should feel bad about. That argument is ridiculous.

To the surprise of nobody who was actually paying attention to political reality, Vice-President Biden announced today that he will not be a candidate for President.

In the wake of yesterday’s shootings in Oregon, President Obama took the airwaves to offer the same empty rhetoric he has on this issue in the past, and to make the false claim that there are simple solutions to what is a very complex problem.

In a speech in Florida, Joe Biden spoke about his possible run for the White House, and gave a very big hint that he’s leaning toward staying out of the race.

The debate is ultimately academic.

The families of many of the Sandy Hook victims are seeking to have the manufacturer of the AR-15 held legally responsible for what happened. While understandable, their lawsuit is misplaced and largely without legal merit.

A day of terror at a school in Pakistan.

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

For the fourth time in 30 years, an American President spoke at Normandy to honor a day of sacrifice and triumph.

Unlike David Vitter, he didn’t break the law.

Marlise Munoz is finally at peace, but the law that kept her hooked up to machines for two months remains on the books.

A man who viewed two photographs of a child abuse victim has been ordered to pay $3.4 million in damages.

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

Norman Geras, scholar and blogger extraordinaire, has passed.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.