Outside the Beltway

In what seems like an obvious response to the rise of the #MeToo movement and the cultural changes it has brought about, the Miss America pageant is making a major change.

In the end, it may be insurance companies that have the biggest voice in the debate over arming teachers. 

President Trump has unblocked Twitter users, but at the same time his lawyers are appealing the ruling that he can’t block Twitter users.

Based on a strict reading of the Constitution, a sitting President probably does have the power to pardon himself. That doesn’t mean he should be allowed to get away with it without consequence.

President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.

According to reports, President Trump is preparing to go to war against luxury German cars.

Just over a week after he called it off, President Trump announced this afternoon that the June 12th Summit in Singapore was back on.

The President teased the Jobs Report an hour before it was officially released. This was both a violation of Federal law, and yet another example of this President violating long-established norms governing how politicians are supposed to act.

May’s jobs report was stronger than the previous two months, but not entirely great.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

President Trump is claiming that he didn’t fire former F.B.I. Director James Comey because of the Russia investigation, even though he admitted the exact opposite just weeks after it happened.

In an early morning Tweetstorm, President Trump said he would not have hired Jeff Sessions if he knew he’d recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

With the President’s “Spygate” allegations standing largely discredited, his attorney and at the moment chief spokesperson Rudy Giuliani admits that the entire conspiracy theory was created to discredit the Mueller investigation.

The Trump Administration has lost track of nearly 1,500 children at the same time that it is implementing a new policy that will result in children who arrive at the border with their parents or other family members.

This President lies on a daily basis. It’s time to start calling him what he is.

Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon, has died at the age of 86

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

Alex Jones is finally being called on to answer for his irresponsible lying about events like the Sandy Hook shooting.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape and sexual assault in a New York Court.

President Trump’s response to the N.F.L.’s new National Anthem policy is as narrow-minded and divisive as you’d expected it to be.

A Federal Judge in New York has ruled that President Trump cannot block users from reading his tweets.

The N.F.L. has come up with a dumb “solution” to a non-existent problem.

Michael Cohen once threatened The Onion because it published a satirical article about Donald Trump.

We all have to grow up sometime.

Despite advice from advisers, the President continues to use unsecured devices to communicate outside of White House channels.

The new President of the National Rifle Association has a new theory to explain mass shootings, but there’s no basis for believing it’s accurate.

Russia wasn’t the only nation that sent people to meet with Trump Campaign officials at Trump Tower back in 2016 regarding assistance to the Trump Campaign.

New York attorney Aaron Schlossberg found himself on the receiving end of an Internet firestorm this week. His case raises some interesting questions about Internet vigilantism.

Trump suffered another court loss yesterday that opens him up to some potentially embarrassing questions.

The Mueller investigation turns one year old today and, despite the arguments of Trump and his supporters, there’s no sign that it will be coming to an end in the near future.

President Trump’s latest financial disclosure finally acknowledges that he reimbursed Michael Cohen for the payoff to buy the silence of Stormy Daniels.

The Supreme Court has declined to accept yet another Second Amendment case for review, continuing a streak that goes back some eight years.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a treasure trove of documents related to the June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer, and they raise far more questions than they answer.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that reaffirmed a principle that should be axiomatic, namely the idea that a Defendant has the sole authority to decide whether or not to concede guilt.

Not surprisingly, the North Koreans are pushing back against American efforts to force them into a corner on denuclearization.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

The inventor of New Journalism has died of unknown causes.

Enforcing our immigration and drug laws comes at the cost of fundamental rights.

Rest in Peace, Lois Lane.

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

For some reason, the President wants to help a Chinese company that has been accused of being a security risk by American intelligence services.

61 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of a man who left office a failed president.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

President Trump’s decision to violate the terms of the nuclear deal with Iran could be a turning point in relations between the United States and its most important allies, and not in a good way.

While longtime supporters have turned on the legendary attorney over his support of Donald Trump, he’s been astonishingly consistent.