Outside the Beltway

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

It is too soon to tell.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

A bad column is worse than expected.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The President should have known about the plot. There’s a good chance he didn’t.

A television interview promoting his book further reveals what an awful man he is.

For the second time, the chief federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fired.

An amazing statement from Bolton’s book.

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

Dueling Washington Post op-eds are sowing confusion.

He is complaining that the White House is holding it up.

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

What difference at this point does it make?

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

The Majority Leader was reportedly unaware of the manuscript.

Huh. Someone might want to look into this.

After months of delays, Trump’s former National Security Adviser John Bolton is now saying he’d be willing to testify if he were subpoeanaed.

It could take weeks to resolve the impasse between the House and Senate over the procedures to be followed in the Senate trial of President Trump.

Mitch McConnell and the other 99 members of the Senate will be required to take an oath to “do impartial justice” in the impending impeachment trial. He’s already admitted that he won’t.

Yesterday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee did a good job of explaining how the facts of the Ukraine scandal meet the Constitution’s definition of impeachable offenses.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

As the walls close in, the President is growing more agitated.

Yesterday’s testimony by Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman including information particularly damaging to the President and his defenses to the charges against him in the Ukraine matter.

A top U.S. diplomat involved in Ukraine policy confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo regarding U.S aid to Ukraine.

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

North Korea appears to be pulling back from any future negotiations over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, leaving the Trump Administration’s Korea policy in shambles.

Obvious advice is obvious.

Well that didn’t take long.

President Trump has named his fourth National Security Adviser in less than three years.

Some reports are suggesting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might take on the additional role of National Security Adviser.

John Bolton was not a good National Security Adviser, but the real problem with Trump Administration foreign policy comes from the man at the top.

Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.

President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.

President Trump continues to have an odd obsession with nuclear weapons.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

Stories from sites like The Onion are routinely shared on social media and perceived as real news.

The Trump Administration has effectively declared economic warfare against the government of Nicolas Maduro. It won’t succeed, and will further victimize the already suffering Venezuelan people.

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

Is the United States finally ready to give up on the fantasy that North Korea will surrender its nuclear weapons?

Stephanie Grisham, presently a top aide to First Lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House Press Secretary and Communications Director.

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

Trump and Iran.

The planes were apparently in the air, and the ships in position, for an American attack on Iran last night. Then the order to pull back came in.

Democrats are trying to rein in President Trump. It won’t work.

Patrick Shanahan is out as nominee to be Secretary of Defense after questions were raised during his background investigation.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.