Outside the Beltway

Notwithstanding overwhelming public support, Congress is not moving forward on a proposal to ban bump stocks.

The shooter in the Texas church shooting was apparently able to get his weapons because the Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction.

Another mass shooting.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

Yet another lawsuit against yet another controversial Trump Administration policy.

Commerce Department figures report a measurable drop in international travel to the United States since the start of 2017.

The Trump Administration has been hit with two new lawsuits over the President’s decision to end the DACA program.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

More foreign policy amateurism.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

Winning was easy.  Legislating is hard.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

Three new polls show Trump’s job approval down significantly in the three states that put him over the top in the Electoral College last year.

Who could have predicted we would be where we are at the moment in terms of racial politics and the White House?

The fundamental premise at the heart of the immigration bill that President Trump backed earlier this month has no merit whatsoever.

More stupid, irresponsible rhetoric from the President of the United States.

After 200 days, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff are making clear that President Trump’s tweets are not official policy. At least not yet.

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

More than twenty states are resisting requests for data from a ‘voter integrity’ Commission built on President Trump’s lie that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.

The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a Colorado baker in a case that will determine if claims of religious liberty and free expression outweigh the application of generally applicable laws against discrimination.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a Trump family member in the cross hairs.

Only 28% of Americans support President Trump’s decision to back out of the Paris Accord, but it’s not clear that this will harm him politically.

President Trump is reportedly considering at least partly reversing one of the great foreign policy successes of the Obama Presidency.

Reports indicate that President Trump is preparing to fulfill a campaign promise and withdraw the U.S. from the accord on climate change reached in Paris in 2015.

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

With a government shutdown looming at the end of the week, the Administration has appeared to back away from a demand that a government funding bill include money allocated for the President’s promised border wall.

Donald Trump seems to be surprised that being President requires actual work.

So far, there’s no sign that Donald Trump is having much of an impact on the economy.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke suggests building Trump’s Wall on Mexican territory.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

I am going to construct a complicated mathematical model of the economy, and then I’m going to calibrate it using some actual data, and in the end I will be able to tell everyone how much better or worse off they are given various changes in the economy. And it will be totally and completely true. Trust me, it’s math and therefore science.

Trump’s attempt to fix the balance of trade will almost surely end up leaving us all worse off.

Travel industry experts are reporting a noticeable drop in international travel and tourism since Donald Trump was elected President.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hinted that the Federal Government may stop giving deference to states that have legalized marijuana.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding.

All the effects of a wall, given its cost, needs to be taken into consideration.

Technology continues to make more and more jobs unnecessary and irrelevant. And the consequences are going to be widespread.

Two Republican Senators are introducing legislation that would result in drastic reductions in the number of people allowed into the country legally.

Two new polls show that most Americans oppose President Trump’s ban on travel from seven majority Muslim countries, but that most Republicans support it.

Yet another example of why Trump and his views on Trade and the economy are contradictory and even incoherent. Not only should Trump be building his Great Trump Wall™ in Mexico he should be furiously working against any and all foreign investment in the U.S.