Outside the Beltway

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

President Trump has been tweeting up a storm since Sunday, raising a question. Should we view his Tweets as the rantings of a cranky old man, or as something more serious?

Just when you think the President has hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.

They hired Israeli Private Investigators to dig up dirt on former Obama officials, including Ben Rhodes and Colin Kahl.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

With the accusations mounting, the nomination of Ronny Jackson to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs is becoming more and more imperiled.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

Donald Trump broke his silence on Stormy Daniels. That was a bad idea.

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

The fact that Andrew McCabe was fired before he could retire means that he will lose out on some significant pension benefits, but. contrary to some media reporting, he won’t lose his pension completely.

The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

The statute of limitations has expired. But he should never have been asked the question to begin with.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes will host a program loosely based on “Firing Line” starting in April.

Once again, President Trump is going soft on Russia. Why? I’ll leave that up to the reader to decide.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

A Fox News host has debunked the Uranium One conspiracy theory being pushed by his own network.

It’s been two years since John Boehner stepped down as Speaker, and he’s got a few things to say about his former colleagues and the state of American politics.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

At some point, it will be time to move on.

New reports of Trump’s business ties to Russia are raising eyebrows.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

Democrats and “Never Trump”ers shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

A new report indicates that Trump campaign officials were seeking contact with Russian officials earlier than we thought.

After two days, President Trump finally found the words to condemn the parties responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, but his remarks were far too little, far too late.

Hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

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

President Trump took to Twitter again this morning and promptly shot himself in the foot.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

A legendary statesman has passed.

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.