Outside the Beltway

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases healing with subpoenas for the President’s financial records.

For only the fourth time in history, the House Judiciary Committee has approved Articles of Impeachment against a sitting President.

After a hearing that largely recapped the past month of hearings on Capitol Hill, the House Judiciary Committee is set to unveil Articles of Impeachment today.

Especially Senate inaction.

Late yesterday, the Supreme Court put a temporary hold on an order that would give Congress access to the President’s financial documents.

The California Supreme Court has struck down a state law purporting to require a candidate for President to release their tax returns,

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Trump another setback in his effort to keep his financial records out of Congressional hands.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

A big win for ranked-choice voting in the Big Apple as voters approve a referendum that will bring ranked-choice voting to the nation’s most populous city.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

Former North Caroline Senator Kay Hagan has died,

With just days to go before the end of the month, the European Union has agreed to another Brexit extension. Before we get there, though, thee’s likely to be another General Election.

The UK is being given yet more time to figure out the obvious.

Justin Trudeau lost his majority but will still hold on to power in Canada, the question is how long it will last.

Rather than getting a final vote on his Brexit deal, Prime Minister Boris johnson suffered another defeat.

With just over two weeks to go until the deadline, the status of Brexit is entirely unclear.

President Trump loses another lawsuit against his ongoing efforts to stonewall Congress.

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

Next week could be a crucial one for Boris Johnson’s future in power.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward on impeachment. Sort of.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

Parliament is suspended for the next five weeks but it ended with Prime Minister Boris Johnson being handed historic defeats for an incoming Prime Minister.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

The so-called “rebel alliance’ in the House of Commons continues to stack up wins against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but Johnson could still win in the end.

The House of Commons handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a huge loss yesterday, throwing the short-term future of Brexit into doubt.

Another nonsense ruling on an issue that doesn’t belong in court to begin with.

The reaction to Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament to force a hard Brexit is mostly negative, but there appears to be little that can be done to stop it.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has taken a step that virtually guarantees that the United Kingdom will go ahead with a hard Brexit at the end of October.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

A newly released report leaked from inside the British Government notes that a hard Brexit is likely to be a disaster for the British economy.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

The Federal Budget Deficit rose 27% in July, putting it on course for the $1 trillion by the end of September.

Under the Trump Administration, the American commitment to human rights around the world is basically dead.

The Trump campaign and several other parties have filed lawsuits challenging California’s new law requiring candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

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Embattled Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló has stepped down but succession issues surround the man who took the oath of office late yesterday.

While much of the talk about Robert Mueller’s testimony has focused on the Trump campaign, there was another part to his testimony that brings attention to a far more serious threat.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a New York State law that would allow Congress to obtain copies of his state tax returns.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans oppose statehood for the District of Columbia.