Outside the Beltway

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

Mike Bloomberg’s campaign was forced to apologize for something that really isn’t a scandal.

The truth is that many voters are paying attention to issues that have nothing to do with impeachment or simply ignoring politics altogether.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gets a lesson in governing the hard way.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

Late last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a trio of cases healing with subpoenas for the President’s financial records.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

The Hallmark Channel caved to the complaints of a small group of so-called Christians who objected to a television commercial.

President Trump is reportedly considering boycotting the General Election debates next fall.

Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party scored a huge win in yesterday’s General Election, while Labour walked away with its biggest defeat in a generation.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in fifth place in national polling, but a new poll suggests that he may not rise much further.

The House Judiciary Committee has revealed the Articles of Impeachment against the President that it will vote on later this week.

After a two-year investigation, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice found no basis for the conspiracy theories being pushed by the Republicans regarding the Russia investigation.

René Auberjonois, a long time character actor best known for his roles on Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space NIne, has died at 79.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

WIth North Korea’s end of the year deadline for progress on talks quickly approaching, it is clear that the Trump Administration’s policies with regard to the DPRK have failed.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

The House Judiciary Committee moved one step closer to impeachment.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

A new poll finds that a strong majority of Americans support life in prison instead of the death penalty.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

With the clock ticking down to the end of the year and a deadline imposed by the DPRK on talks with the U.S., the Trump Administration’s North Korea policy is in a shambles.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

Later today, California Congressman Duncan Hunter, Jr. will plead guilty to charges of embezzling up to $250,000 from his campaign’s bank account.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

A Justice Department official who had the courage to stand up to the President has died at the age of 87.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

New revelations punch a big hole in Republican defenses of the President.

POTUS believes, and is propagating, a conspiracy theory.

Late yesterday, the Supreme Court put a temporary hold on an order that would give Congress access to the President’s financial documents.

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

After months of anti-government protests, Hong Kong headed to the polls in record number.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

An internal Justice Department investigation fails to find any evidence of political bias in the Russia investigation.

As Republicans and their conservative cohorts spread a discredited conspiracy theory about the 2016 election, Vladimir Putin smiles at yet another victory.

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

Mike Bloomberg isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s getting closer.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.