Outside the Beltway

Counter-Intelligence officials are warning that Russia is preparing another election interference campaign for the 2020 election.

First quarter economic growth came in higher than expected, but there are several caveats worth keeping an eye on.

The Trump Administration’s policies toward Iran aren’t going to work, but that’s because they aren’t supposed to work.

Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka make it clear that the claim that ISIS has been defeated are nowhere close to being true.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears poised to uphold the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Reports yesterday had former Vice-President Biden entering the Presidential field as early as tomorrow. Those plans appear to be delayed. but an an announcement still appears to be coming.

Evidence is emerging that the Sri Lankan government had advance warning regarding potential terror attacks but failed to act on the information.

It seems as if Donald Trump finally has the AG he has always wanted.

Blasts at Christian churches and tourist hotels appear to be a coordinated terrorist attack.

Some say yes, others no.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

Thus far, the full(ish) release provides plenty of juicy details but no real revelations.

The Justice Department will release a ‘lightly redacted’ version of the 400-page report at 11 Eastern.

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

Steve King, who has recently come under attack for a long history of racist remarks, is facing a strong challenge for the GOP nomination in 2020.

More pressures on a region already struggling.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

The Wikileaks founder has been detained by London authorities after 7 years hiding in Ecuador’s embassy.

Both major parties have claimed victory but it certainly looks like Likud will hang on.

More turmoil in the UNC athletic program threatens Carolina’s academic standing.

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez edition.

California Governor Gavin Newsome may have put the issue front and center for 2020.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz lays to rest a pernicious idea propagated by . . . Princeton historian Sean Wilentz.

The Justice Department has issued a damning report.

A reminder that over 3 million citizens have no effective influence over the federal government.

It now appears that the Attorney General is keeping publicly-releasable information hidden away longer than necessary.

Six weeks is a very long time in American politics.

The esteemed biographer on his process.

After a flood of stories saying the former Vice President is unsuitable for the modern era, the inevitable pushback is happening.

Findings of “foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, and criminal conduct” were dismissed.

Trump’s threat will not make things better (and the notion of actually closing the border is insane).

Trump declares he will end aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

More simplism from the WH.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

As a no-deal Brexit becomes more likely, the EU is taking things personally.

It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.

History’s first all-female spacewalk was thwarted by a lack of smaller suits.

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

Issue #1000 of Detective Comics is hitting the stands.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is cutting short his US trip to deal with what his government is calling a Hamas attack.

Ultimately, it isn’t a very good one.

Institutions matter. (No, seriously, they really, really matter).

The Friday news dump to beat all Friday news dumps.

Lock them up.

A weird takedown from within the #Resistance.

A racist scholar took some fascinating photos of an enslaved man in 1860. Now, his descendants want the rights to them.

On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.

The business of the news is business–and it’s a weird business.

Labor law has not kept up with our changing economy.