Outside the Beltway

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, most people are listening to orders to evacuate, but some people aren’t.

Seventeen years ago, America was thrust into a war that seemingly has no end.

With less than two months to go before the midterm elections, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Several states are opening new investigations of the Catholic Church abuse scandal. It’s about time.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

Former President Obama took on his successor in his first major political speeches since leaving office.

The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is, effectively, assured. Democrats should be careful about how much further they push their opposition.

Just how far should White House staffers and civil servants go in protecting the public from an erratic president?

The #MeToo movement brings down the head of a Fortune 500 company.

Lost in all the news about Serena Williams and her arguments with an umpire during last night’s match is the fact that Naomi Osaka represents the face of what appears to be a Japan that is changing for the better.

As I have repeatedly noted: Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.

The fact that American officials talked with Venezuelans plotting a coup against the government of their country is a dangerous turn of events.

President Trump wants Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department to investigate the anonymous Op-Ed published earlier this week even though there doesn’t appear to have been a crime committed.

Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos received a very generous sentence in return for his guilty plea.

Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper beat back a challenge from a ‘progressive” challenger in Thursday’s primary.

After four days of hearings, the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems assured.

Jobs growth in August was slightly better than expected, but still nothing overly impressive.

The second day of questioning for Judge Brett Kavanaugh was a bit rockier than the first, but nothing happened that seriously threatens his eventual confirmation.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

Donald Trump is a bad, inept, and potentially dangerous President. That doesn’t mean that a ‘soft coup’ inside the White House is the answer to the problem he presents to our democratic republic.

Day One of questions for Judge Brett Kavanaugh went about as you’d expect.

In an extraordinary anonymous Op-Ed, a senior White House official describes a White House in chaos.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

Entertainers work for a living, too.

Author Sam Anderson puts forward a rather strange hypothesis in Politico.

A Federal Judge in Texas has declined to grant a request to bring the DACA program to an end, but its days appear to be numbered unless Congress acts.

The masturbator-harasser is doing stand-up again.

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

Happy Friday!

A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.

Florida voters in the Republican and Democratic parties have set up a Gubernatorial race that provides a stark choice on the table for Sunshine State voters in a race that will likely have national implications moving forward.

Throughout the War On Terror, John McCain stood out as a strong moral voice against the use of torture against prisoners. For that he deserves the thanks of a grateful nation.

A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.

Just hours before Senator McCain died, one of the candidates running for Jeff Flake’s Senate seat claimed that the McCain family released a statement about the late Senator’s health to hurt her campaign.

President Trump reportedly vetoed a plan to issue a statement lauding Senator John McCain after he died on Saturday.

Iconic Broadway legend Neil Simon, who was responsible for hits such as “The Odd Couple, has died at the age of 91.

After a two-week hiatus, the PFF returns.

No matter how long Donald Trump remains in office, August 21, 2018 will be the day that everything changed.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh reportedly told Senator Susan Collins that he considers Roe v. Wade
“settled law.” This will likely be enough to get her support and that of another holdout Republican Senator.

California Republican Duncan Hunter Jr, who was an early backer of President Trump’s campaign, has been indicted on charges he used massive amounts of campaign funds to pay for personal expenses.

It’s not obvious that two more felons in the Trump inner circle will have any immediate impact.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” is pleading guilty to a number of charges, including apparent campaign finance law violations related to the Stormy Daniels payment.

The latest reports about the circumstances surrounding the payoff to Stormy Daniels could pose big problems for Michael Cohen and his client.

Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.