Outside the Beltway

Right back where your daddy was.

No significant U.S. war aims were achieved.

Will POTUS listen?

You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days. 10 to 15 days, pretty much, maximum.

Flooding the zone saps his opponent’s attention, but also his White House’s.

A bold proclamation.

A very different way to run a railroad.

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Whatever that means.

A massive purge ahead of the long weekend.

A major reshuffling of the foreign policy team 100 days into the administration.

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

The unsurprising response to the Signal debacle.

The ineptitude is staggering.

The retired 3-star National Guard officer is an unorthodox pick.

Willingness to lie is now a requirement for senior intelligence and law enforcement posts.

Normal transition . . . and potential red flags.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Escalation? Russian desperation?

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

There is no obvious better state of the peace acceptable to both parties.

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