Outside the Beltway

An unpopular war and sagging economy are driving down already low ratings.

The move to build Trump’s Big Beautiful Ballroom is moving at record speed.

A historically inaccurate bit of symbolic silliness.

The last survivors want us to remember the horrors of nuclear war.

It’s still murky but already quite different from the Trump 45 administration’s.

Applying rational analysis to attitude and instinct.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

The President is going all-in to undo the damage from the debate.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

Are plurality winners less legitimate than popular vote losers?

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The most likely outcome is not a happy one.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A clever political gambit that raises real issues.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

Because of course he did.

As the shutdown continues, the President’s political position is becoming weaker. He doesn’t seem to care, though.