Outside the Beltway

A new poll shows that Virginians don’t necessarily believe their state leaders need to step aside in the wake of recent scandals.

In a replay of last week, Virginia’s top Democrats are calling on a state official to resign. This time, though, it’s Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax.

After a week of scandal and chaos in Virginia politics, there’s no sign that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is going anywhere, and there’s very little that can be done to force him out of office.

There’s a good reason why Democrats want Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to get out of the way sooner rather than later.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is considering an independent run for the Presidency. This would likely be good news for President Trump.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.

In a rare public statement, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is disputing reports that the President directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

A new blockbuster report implicates the President in no less than five Federal crimes.

As the shutdown continues, there’s little sign of progress on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

Mystery continues to surround a proceeding that has been making its way through the Federal Courts in Washington, D.C.

The publisher of the National Enquirer admits that it made payments to a Playboy model for the purpose of protecting Donald Trump’s campaign for President.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the U.S, Attorney for the Southern District of New York have filed sentencing memos that directly implicate the President in a series of felonies.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

A new report indicates that President Trump wanted to use the Justice Department to target political enemies. The last time that happened, it led to Articles of Impeachment.

With their House majority secure, Democrats must now select their leadership team for the next two years. It’s not going smoothly.

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

A bunch of mysteriously sealed filings in Federal Court in D.C. could mean that Robert Mueller has already subpoenaed the President.

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

The Merrick Garland precedent is power politics, nothing more.

We should take Congressional officers out of the line of succession.

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been in the news a lot lately, but what would it actually take to use it to remove a President from power?

Former President Jimmy Carter is warning his party against drifting too far left as we head into the midterms and, beyond that, the 2020 campaign cycle.

President Trump claims that November will see a “red wave” rather than the “blue wave” that most analysts are expecting. There’s no evidence to support his hypothesis.

President Trump wants Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department to investigate the anonymous Op-Ed published earlier this week even though there doesn’t appear to have been a crime committed.

Donald Trump is a bad, inept, and potentially dangerous President. That doesn’t mean that a ‘soft coup’ inside the White House is the answer to the problem he presents to our democratic republic.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

As the midterms get closer, the public’s perception of the President’s job performance is getting worse.

Florida voters in the Republican and Democratic parties have set up a Gubernatorial race that provides a stark choice on the table for Sunshine State voters in a race that will likely have national implications moving forward.

Tom Nichols argues it should. I disagree.

Max Boot proclaims “Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud.”

The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.

Another morning, and another unhinged Twitter attack on the Mueller investigation by a President who claims the entire investigation is a “hoax” and “Fake News.”

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

The former New York City Mayor is prepared to spend $80 million to help Democrats take back Congress this year.

Donald Trump wants Republicans to make his immigration policies the centerpiece of the midterm campaign. What could possibly go wrong?

John Kelly is nearing the end of his first year as White House Chief of Staff, and it’s becoming apparent that his mission to bring order to a disordered White House has failed.

The Attorney General of New York has filed a Complaint against President Trump and several members of his family alleging widespread fraud in the operation of Trump’s charitable Foundation.

Both President Trump and Ivanka Trump are profiting handsomely from their time in the White House.

Based on a strict reading of the Constitution, a sitting President probably does have the power to pardon himself. That doesn’t mean he should be allowed to get away with it without consequence.

President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.

The Republican Governor of Missouri is resigning amid growing accusations related to an extramarital affair, blackmail, and sexual assault.

An important message from Josh Marshall.

Robert Mueller has reportedly concluded that he cannot indict a sitting President. This is not a vindication of Trump, and merely upholds a conclusion that the Justice Department reached four decades ago.