Outside the Beltway

Neither side is willing to give up on its war aims just yet.

Leading candidate for Republican nomination deploys eliminationist rhetoric in Veteran’s Day speech.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

Mild spoilers ahead.

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

Four dollars and change at the pump.
The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

Three dollars and change at the pump. The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

A powerful symbol has been robbed of its significance.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

The line between “hero” and “victim” is blurry and rendered meaningless when the former is over-used

Balancing social justice and criminal justice in a politically charged environment.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

All the deaths are fit to print.

We won’t have whatshisname to kick around any more.

Republican Bill Lee is coming under fire for continuing an annual tradition.

The current economic recovery turns ten years old this month, but it can’t last forever.

The President and his supporters are touting the last-minute deal with Mexico announced on Friday, but the details show there’s much less than meets the eye.

The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.

A dozen people died late yesterday in a workplace shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.

Quietly, Elizabeth Warren has been campaigning and putting out policy proposals while also appearing to gain ground on her closest rival, Bernie Sanders.

White House aides asked the Navy to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” while the President visited a Navy base in Japan earlier this week.

Late last week it appeared as if a 90-year-old veteran of the Korean War would be buried without anyone to say goodbye. Then the word got out, and thousands of people responded.

President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.

President Trump and the top Democrats in Congress announced a purported $2 trillion infrastructure deal but there’s no reason to believe it will ever become law.

The ignominious saga of Anthony Weiner appears to have reached its end.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected a challenge by three women to their prosecution for going topless on a public beach in the Granite State.

Nor is it Armed Forces Day.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

A small group of Senators is engaged in a seemingly quixotic effort to save DACA before the election.

Donald Trump chose to mark Memorial Day by talking about himself.

Three Executive Orders signed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday has government employees scrambling.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

A stupid comment about Hurricane Harvey cost a Florida professor his job.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

Yet another report that the President of the United States sought to undermine an ongoing F.B.I. investigation.