Outside the Beltway

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

They may both be Republicans, but the relationship between the President and the Senate Majority Leader is bad and seems to be getting worse.

The Daily Caller crosses a line and doesn’t seem to regret it.

A loss for the world of comedy.

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

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

Donald Trump kowtows to Vladimir Putin yet again.

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

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

It’s not the time away from the White House that matters, it’s the hypocrisy.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

President Trump’s weeklong effort to undermine his own Attorney General continues.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.

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.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

Republicans and Democrats have picked their candidates for 2017’s Governor’s race, but the biggest name is likely to be one not on the ballot, Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

In addition to the race in New Jersey, the statewide races in Virginia are also being looked to as a barometer of American politics in the first year of the Trump Administration.

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno will face off against each other to succeed Chris Christie in New Jersey.

A seemingly ‘safe choice’ for F.B. I. Director.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

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

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

Donald Trump isn’t going to change, and that’s bad news for all of us.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

Senate Democrats are divided on how to approach the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, making it likely that he’ll be confirmed.

Another day, another round of reports about contacts with Russian officials and people close to President Trump.

A new head for the DNC at a time when the Democratic Party finds itself reeling and eager to take on Donald Trump.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Maryland’s ban on certain so-called “assault weapons,” but it’s unclear if the Supreme Court will even take up the case.

The President’s choice for Labor Secretary withdrew his name from consideration yesterday, but this is just the latest example of what has been a transition that has largely consisted of fumble after fumble by the Trump team.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

Could National Security Adviser Michael Flynn be the first to go under Trump?

Another major change for the Boy Scouts.

President Trump will name his first Supreme Court pick on his 11th day in office.

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump became bitter rivals for the soul of the GOP in 2016, but Romney appears to be at the top of Trump’s list for the nation’s top diplomat.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is speaking out against several of President-Elect Trump’s proposed Cabinet nominees.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were convicted in the criminal trial resulting from the ‘Bridgegate’ scandal.

I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.

The personal, the political, and the Foundation are so intertwined as to be one enterprise.