Outside the Beltway

The new Secretary of State is an improvement over the worst Secretary of State in history.

Not surprisingly, Mike Pompeo was confirmed as America’s 70th Secretary of State today. Now, the hard work begins.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.

In the wake of the latest attack on Syria, some of the President’s strongest supporters seem shocked to discover that the unprincipled egomaniac they supported is, in fact, an unprincipled egomaniac.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

Late last week, Hawaii became the seventh state and eighth major American jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide.

Governor Rick Scott has entered the race to challenge Bill Nelson in Florida, creating what is likely to be one of the most closely watched races of the year.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

President Trump’s call for National Guard troops isn’t going over well even with Republican Governors.

Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.

The “caravan” of immigrants that sent the President off the deep end on immigration issues is basically coming to an end.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

More than 1200 refugees, mostly from Honduras, are trying to come to the United States. What should we do about it?

In a bizarre Twitter rant, President Trump declared a DACA deal “dead,” blaming Democrats when it’s clear that it’s largely his fault.

A Federal Judge In New York City is allowing a lawsuit against the President’s DACA order to go forward, and he based part of his ruling on the President’s own rhetoric.

Under the proposal certain visa-seekers (such as China and India) would have to have their social media presence scrutinized.

Fourteen months into his presidency, he has no idea how the federal budget works.

Congress passed a funding bill to avert a shutdown with time to spare early this morning, but now the President is threatening a veto.

Lizbeth Mateo, an attorney and immigrant rights activist, will serve on a California board helping disadvantaged students.

The Federal Government has fired another shot in the ongoing war over so-called “sanctuary cities.”

The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors is out after failing to convince the boss not to impose tariffs.

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

He did what many had thought humanly impossible in running a sub-4 minute mile in 1954 and followed that with a brilliant career in medicine.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

This is very much why the security clearance process requires so much financial disclosure.

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

Presidents are much more constrained in issuing and rolling back regulations than they or the public think.

The prospects for extending legal protections for DACA beneficiaries are getting grimmer by the day.

The prospect for a fix to help DACA beneficiaries is looking gloomier than ever.

The Judge presiding over a case dealing with Trump’s proposed border wall expressed doubts about the project. The President will no doubt be irked by the identity of that Judge.

President Trump is reportedly considering replacing his chief of staff. Again.

A new poll indicates that most Americans support a DACA deal, but don’t think it should be linked to measures to avoid a government shutdown.

Congress seems no closer to a DACA deal than they were in January.

Will Joe Arpaio cause the GOP to lose an otherwise winnable Senate race?

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.

The White House’s immigration plan is facing opposition in both chambers of Congress from moderate and conservative Republicans alike.

And a little Electoral College for good measure.

President Trump has alienated America’s allies and friends, and they are acting accordingly.

Getting to a DACA deal isn’t going to be easy.

Just over one year after President Trump’s foolish and ill-informed decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Canada has stepped in to rescue the deal.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is extending an olive branch of sorts to South Korea while simultaneously claiming success in achieving a nuclear deterrent.

Fixing long term shifts in manufacturing isn’t easy.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

Big problems for the Air Force.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.