Outside the Beltway

J. D. Vance seems to have a cruel sense of humor and issues with women. Weird!

Hunter Biden v. DJT Trials Edition.

The Supreme Court sided with an anti-gay website designer.

Most leaders ring up Joe.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

Some guy you never heard of is the guy.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

The inevitable has happened.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

Things are not looking good.

Donald Trump proves once again that there are no boundaries he won’t cross.

Donald Trump is moving his permanent residence south, where he should be right at home.

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

Trump opened his mouth and, once again, racist bilge came spewing out.

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

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer begins three days of testimony before Congress today. By the time he’s done, he could end up doing real damage to the Trump Presidency.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

Christmas is behind us, but don’t expect any progress when it comes to the government shutdown, which is in its fifth day.

President Trump tried to get into the Christmas spirit last night. He failed.

More evidence that President Trump was an active participant in the scheme to silence Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the Trump Inaugural Committee, adding to the long list of the President’s legal troubles.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in assisting the President in various scandals and cover-ups.

This time, the rumors about John Kelly leaving appear to be true.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

Washington said farewell to George H.W. Bush today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia, and has agreed to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.

The evidence that Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post columnist and American Permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi appears to be incontrovertible.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” is pleading guilty to a number of charges, including apparent campaign finance law violations related to the Stormy Daniels payment.

A new recording of a conversation between Donald Trump and his one-time attorney/”fixer” Michael Cohen appears to put the President in a more difficult position than he has already been in.

Melania Trump visited a detention center in Texas where children are being held by the Federal Government, but it was her choice of apparel that seemed to garner the most attention.

A surprise announcement about the First Lady.

The White House isn’t apologizing for an aide who made a joke about John McCain’s most likely terminal illness. That shouldn’t be surprising.

John McCain continues to bravely battle an aggressive form of brain cancer, but he’s already made clear that he doesn’t want the 45th President of the United States at his funeral.

President Trump may be looking to push Chief of Staff John Kelly aside by giving him a next to impossible job.

Hang on, the ride on the Trump Train is about to get a lot bumpier.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

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.

Attorneys for the Defendants in the lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels, including the President, have removed the case to Federal Court and are claiming that Daniels owes $20 million for her alleged breaches of a settlement agreement.

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

The President talked about national unity last night, but given his own rhetoric as a candidate and as a President, it’s a call that seems to be hypocritical.

Who needs a First Amendment when you have lawyers willing to write threatening letters?

President Trump remains the most unpopular newly elected President since the end of the Second World War, and there’s no sign that will change.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.