Outside the Beltway

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

In the first poll since he entered the race, Roy Moore finds himself in third place in the race for the 2020 Republican Nomination for Senate in Alabama.

The Pentagon has been headed by Acting Secretaries for an unprecedented period. Does it really matter?

There are children being held in what amount to internment camps on the southern border under appallingly bad conditions and the President is more concerned with falsely blaming his predecessor for the problem.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump during the campaign and in the White House, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would extend protection to DACA beneficiaries and other Dreamers, but it’s likely to die in the Senate.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

Some reports are saying that Roy Moore will run for the GOP nomination for Senate again in 2020.

The House has passed legislation that would extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act to LGBT Americans, but it is probably doomed in the Senate.

Jack Goldsmith pushed back on “over the top” reaction to the AG’s handling of the Mueller report.

The attorney general hasn’t said a single thing that wasn’t technically true about the Mueller report. But he was dishonest.

A cautious analyst makes a strong claim.

It seems as if Donald Trump finally has the AG he has always wanted.

A classic demonstration of the old maxim, “the medium is the message.”

The Justice Department has issued a damning report.

The Justice Department has reversed course and will not fight a December ruling overturning the Affordable Care Act.

Disgraced former Chief Justice of Alabama Roy Moore is apparently “seriously considering” running for Senate in 2020.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

Roy Moore, who lost a Special Election to replace Jeff Sessions in 2017 after being hit with allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, isn’t ruling another bid for the same seat.

Reason’s Nick Gillespie makes an interesting case but I don’t buy it.

In a two-hour rant before an adoring crowd of CPAC sycophants. President Trump displayed everything wrong with him and his Presidency.

William Barr was easily confirmed as Attorney General in a 54-45 votes that included three Democrats crossing over to support him.

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General appeared to go very well, making confirmation essentially a certainty.