Outside the Beltway

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

From Europe to the Middle East, to Asia, America’s allies are concerned about what the selection of John Bolton as National Security Adviser means going forward. They should be, and so should every American.

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal is suing the publisher of the National Enquirer for the right to tell her story of an alleged affair with President Trump in 2006.

A state trial court Judge in New York has ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed in Manhattan against President Trump can go forward.

Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.

Profiles in courage? With Republicans in the Trump Era, it’s more like profiles in cowardice.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”

Sometimes, it’s all in the framing.

Mississippi has passed a law that seems designed to directly challenge the underpinnings of Roe v. Wade.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

The family real estate business made tens of millions through shady dealings.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

Theresa May’s government has not hit Russian oligarchs nearly as hard as they deserve because the UK benefits from turning a blind eye.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

The FBI’s former deputy director was shamefully fired late Friday night, after which President Trump gloated on Twitter.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

ProPublica has retracted an explosive but erroneous report about the nominee to be the next CIA Director.

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

Best known as a television host, he served in the Reagan administration and chief economist of Bear Stearns.

Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?

Congress is no closer to a resolution of the DACA fix than it was earlier this year.

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

Stephen Hawking possessed one of the greatest minds in history, but he will likely be most remembered for not letting a debilitating disease stop him from contributing to our understanding of the universe.

By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Ending an investigation that was flawed and tainted with partisanship from the start, the House Intelligence Committee has abruptly concluded its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.

Service members deployed to Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda qualify.

Anderson Cooper has interviewed adult film star Stormy Daniels for 60 Minutes, but lawyers for President Trump are apparently considering legal action to stop the report from airing.

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

CJR’s Dan Mitchell has a tiny quibble with a recent viral NYT thumbsucker. 

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

The eighty year old mystery regarding the fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart may have taken a step toward being solved if the results of a new forensic study are correct.

What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.

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

The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors is out after failing to convince the boss not to impose tariffs.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

How ‘tainted’ must a funder be before a charity is obliged to reject the donation?

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

Four social media stars have been fired from their television show after the revelation that Pamela Gellar is their mother.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.

I’ve made the sad discovery that longtime friend of the blog John Burgess passed away on February 16, 2016.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.