Outside the Beltway

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

It’s not the responsibility of the opposition party to make up for Donald Trump.

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

Turkish forces advance, American forces retreat, the Kurds seek new allies, and Syria and Russia come out the winners.

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, had a lot to say when she testified before Congress yesterday.

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is under criminal investigation by the same office he once headed as U.S. Attorney.

The longtime anchor is leaving the network, ostensibly at his request.

Trump makes a particularly dumb comment about our alliance with Syrian Kurds.

Just days after President Trump agreed to remove American forces from the scene, Turkish forces are entering northern Syria and Kurdish forces say they ar ready for war.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

A second potential whistleblower and an apparent criminal referral from the CIA’s top lawyer make a bad week even worse for Donald Trump.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

Apparently, the President thinks shooting people is amusing.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

Not surprisingly, there are other phone call transcripts and other communications that further complicate Trump’s position.

A little bit of this for a little bit of that.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

The President’s initial reaction to the release of the whistleblower complaint is about what you’d expect from a petty dictator.

The Acting Director of National Intelligence has released the complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower that has set off allegations that the President sought foreign aid in undermining a political opponent.

Just days before he repeatedly pressured the President of Ukraine to reopen a closed investigation involving the son of former Vice-President Biden, President Trump suspended military aid that had been authorized by Congress.

What we know for sure.

The details about President Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his potential 2020 rivals keep getting worse for the President.

The latest allegations about exactly what the President may have been trying to do in a phone call with a foreign leader that caught the attention of a whistleblower are becoming more serious by the day.

A Harvard law professor makes my case better than I did.

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren are pandering to the base.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

A new look at the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh uncovers some new evidence.

After falling for the second debate, ratings were back near record levels for the third debate.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

She decries swanky fundraisers and big money donors while benefiting from both.

The case of Roland Gramajo is an excellent example of what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s immigration policy.

Yes, he was terrible at his job. But one can’t break that which is already broken.

The Air Force’s use of Trump hotels predates his presidency—but is still highly problematic.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

Does it get much more swampy than this?

Hurricanes and corrupting truth.

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

President Trump announced late yesterday that he had called off secret meetings with the Taliban. The fact that they were even going to happen reveals yet again what’s wrong with his foreign policy.

Staring in 2020 the winner in Maine will be the majority preference.

Four state GOPs appear poised to cancel their primaries/caucuses.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.