Outside the Beltway

The Excelsior Pass is the nation’s first. Will it start a trend?

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

There are legitimate ethical and liberty questions but they’re outweighed by the benefits.

Israel is taking an aggressive approach to inoculation.

America’s Newspaper of Record needs to figure out what it wants to be.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

CBS did a lousy job.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily survived a challenge for leadership of the Likud Party.

Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a challenge for the leadership of the party he’s headed for more than a decade.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

After a year of controversy and investigation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicated on charges of fraud and bribery.

Blue & White Party Leader Benny Gantz was unable to form a new government, throwing Israel into another political crisis.

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

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

After a close election, Benjamin Netanyahu has given up on his effort to form a government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting the first shot at forming a new government. Whether he’ll succeed or not is another story.

With election results showing his Likud Party falling short of a majority, Benjamin Netanyahu is joining his chief rival in vallsfor a unity government. Getting there would be complicated, though,

Well that didn’t take long.

As many expected, the initial returns from the Israeli elections are too close to call.

Faced with an election next week, Israel’s Prime Minister is pushing a settlement plan that would be an utter disaster.

One of the giants of the progressive blogosphere is going away.

Elizabeth Warren is rising tn the polls of the Democratic primary race, but one analyst argues she may be the perfect candidate….to help re-elect Donald Trump.

And what a week it has been.

Donald Trump’s delusions of grandeur are getting more and more bizarre.

President Trump doubled down on his tirade against Jewish American Democrats from yesterday with some even more offensive comments.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t very impressed by the proposals made by several liberal politicians lately to increase the size of the Supreme Court to counterbalance the conservative tilt created by the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

Iran announced that it was exceeding another limitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, upping the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf

Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

The Trump Administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran yesterday. They’re unlikely to accomplish the entirely unrealistic goals the President claims to have in mind.

A possible way forward?

Benjamin Netanyahu named a town that doesn’t exist, and most probably will never exist, after the President of the United States.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg laid out his foreign policy platform in a speech this week. It’s certainly an improvement over the current President.

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.