Outside the Beltway

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

A woman who was fired after a photograph of her giving the middle finger to President Trump’s motorcade went viral is suing her former employer. She doesn’t have much of a case.

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

Thanks to a combination of sensationalism and outright lies, a fairly conventional story about an annual protest march in Mexico was turned into Fox News fodder that raised images of an invading army of illegal immigrants.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

President Trump is talking about pulling American troops out of Syria, but his own White House is contradicting him.

President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.

New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

He cooperated with the FBI. He was arrested by ICE.

Not an Easter song, exactly, but certainly evocative of some of the holiday’s major themes.

A Federal Judge In New York City is allowing a lawsuit against the President’s DACA order to go forward, and he based part of his ruling on the President’s own rhetoric.

As a general rule, Presidents are entitled to have a Cabinet and advisers he is comfortable with, but a Cabinet full of “yes men” is not ideal with any President, and certainly not with this one.

Within hours after being fired as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin was fighting back.

As suspected, Cynthia Nixon is not shaping up to be much of a challenge for Andrew Cuomo.

A Federal Judge is allowing a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is improperly benefiting from business being done at the hotel in Washington, D.C. bearing his name to go forward.

Descriptions of Robby Jackson as “Trump’s personal physician” mischaracterize his qualifications for the job.

John Dowd allegedly raised the possibility while the Mueller investigation was closing in on the two presidential advisors.

Much of Atlanta city government has been forced to rely on pen and paper this week thanks to a Ransomware attack.

California has pushed back quickly against the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 Census.

Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.

Critics warn this move would lead to a drastic undercount of Hispanic voters, impacting Congressional districting, federal programs, and more.

If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.

The United States has joined Great Britain and much of Europe in retaliating against Russia for the attempted murder of a former Russian spy on British soil.

Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.

Not surprisingly, John Bolton has some links to particularly shady people on the right.

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.