Outside the Beltway

Students across the country are staging 17-minute protests at 10 am in their time zones.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

The actor best known for his run on M*A*S*H died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.

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

The Russia probe is focusing on the sequence of events surrounding hacked Clinton campaign and DNC emails.

The Supreme Court has declined an invitation to intervene early in the legal arguments surrounding DACA.

President Trump is pressing the idea of arming teachers to stop shootings in schools.

From the F.B.I. on down, there were multiple warnings that could have prevented Wednesday’s tragedy in Parkland, Florida.

More security clearance problems for the White House.

A train carrying Republican Congressmen and Senators, and their families, was involved in a crash in western Virginia.

And the evidence for obstruction of justice continues to mount.

One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.

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

A new poll shows President Trump losing to a “Generic Democrat.” This poll means nothing.

As we near the end of the year, the President’s job approval numbers remain at historically low levels, and there’s no sign that they’ll improve in 2018.

More good poll numbers for Democrats as we headed into 2018.

A fitting honor for women who have brought to light an issue that was swept under the rug for far too long.

Jim Nabors, who became famous as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, has died at the age of  87.

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

The woman who says Ray Moore assaulted her when she was just 14 spoke out this morning at the same time that the White House effectively endorsed Moore’s candidacy.

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.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

House Republicans haven’t released their tax bill yet, but it’s already unpopular.

More bad polling news for President Trump.

One of the few Republicans willing to speak out against Donald Trump is retiring at the end of his current term.

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

Now Donald Trump is using the death of American soldiers to tell lies about his predecessor.

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

Donald Trump continues to be as astoundingly ignorant about the most powerful weapons the U.S. military possesses as he was as a candidate.

Vice-President Pence left an Indianapolis Colts game early in what was obviously a cynical pre-planned publicity stunt.

Tensions continue to rise between the White House and Foggy Bottom.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

President Trump’s job approval has improved slightly, but the numbers remain historically low for a newly elected President.

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

Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere were gambling when they lined up behind Donald Trump. So far, they’ve lost.

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

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

President Trump’s attempts to interfere in the administration of justice go beyond the Russia investigation.

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

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.

A loss for the world of comedy.

White House insiders have renewed efforts to oust Presidential adviser Steve Bannon. Can they succeed?

Authorities are being second-guessed over their handling of Saturday’s protests. Virginia gun laws are the more obvious problem.