Outside the Beltway

President Trump is offering to change his ‘concrete wall’ with a ‘steel barrier’ in what he apparently things is a compromise.

As the shutdown continues, there’s little sign of progress on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

With Congress out of town until at least Thursday and negotiations apparently deadlocked, the White House is saying it’s likely the shutdown will last into 2019.

Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema appears to be headed toward victory.

Orwell lives.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.

Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?

Children are not political bargaining chips, but that’s exactly what this President plans to turn them into.

Once again, President Trump seems intent on insulting a major American ally.

Based on a strict reading of the Constitution, a sitting President probably does have the power to pardon himself. That doesn’t mean he should be allowed to get away with it without consequence.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

After eight months in office, the pressures on Chief of Staff John Kelly continue to mount under a President who cannot be controlled and whose behavior will not change.

Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.

The head of the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation admitted yesterday that the committee was never focused on any potential evidence of collusion.

Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

Stephen Miller said something very stupid on “Meet The Press” this morning.

Today in “Alternative Facts.”

The first full day of Donald Trump’s Presidency consisted largely of obsessions with irrelevant facts and outright lies.

The answer is pretty straight-forward.