Outside the Beltway

The high character picks keep coming.

Hunter Biden v. DJT Trials Edition.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

Kushner book review edition.

The real crime is what’s legal.

Because of course he did.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

The story played out just as we all thought it would.

Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner are among last night’s lucky recipients.

The Trump Presidency has been a long con.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

The Paycheck Protection Program protected some interesting paychecks.

As scary as the Cold War was, it did reduce the silliness in American politics.

Jared Kushner and others want one that fits on a index card.

A report outlining steps for re-opening the economy in the wake of COVID-19 has been leaked to the press.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

This is no way to run a railroad.

Moscow helped Trump in 2016. Do they want him back?

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

John Kelly, President Trump’s former Chief of Staff, is speaking out nearly a year after leaving office

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

President Trump says he’s thinking about commuting the sentenced of Rod Blagojevich, who has served seven years of the fourteen-year sentence he received for public corruption.

A Federal Judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the DNC alleging a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

The House Judiciary Committee has upped the ante in the showdown between the Trump Administration and Congress.

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.

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

Boris Johnson seems to be the leader in the race to replace Theresa May as Conservative Party leader. Whether that’s a good thing is another question.

President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden is calling for an end to American support for the Saudi war on Yemen.

Trump really has no plan about the border save for demagoging the issue.

Findings of “foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, and criminal conduct” were dismissed.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

Lock them up.

The Saudis tortured an American citizen, but the Trump Administration doesn’t care.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

President Trump personally overrode the objections of security officials, the White House Counsel, and the Chief of Staff to make sure his son-in-law got a security clearance.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

In a deal that can only be described as a cave by the President, the government shutdown is on course to be ended by the end of the day today.

Not surprisingly, the President’s proposed shutdown deal is not being received well by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

The initial reaction to President Trump’s proposal to reopen the government is not going over well on either side of the aisle.

With Democrats making a new proposal and the President set to speak later today, there could be movement on ending the government shutdown. I wouldn’t be too optimistic, though.

A new report raises an old question that’s now irrelevant.