Outside the Beltway

American troops have been in Afghanistan for seventeen years now, it’s time to bring them all home.

An effort by the Federal Government to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises serious First Amendment issues.

Trump continues to struggle at major international meetings.

After initially saying no, Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke is now reopening the door to the idea of running for President.

The Trump Administration is attempting to bypass the Circuit Courts of Appeal and get immediate Supreme Court review of the President’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military.

Even as its leader continues to deny the reality of Global Climate Change, the Trump Administration has released an utterly devastating report on the impact of such change over the course of the coming decades.

The current economic recovery is nearly ten years old. It isn’t going to last forever, though, and that could pose a problem for the GOP in 2020.

President Trump’s latest attack on the Federal Judiciary prompted a rare rebuke from the Chief Justice of the United States.

A new report indicates that President Trump wanted to use the Justice Department to target political enemies. The last time that happened, it led to Articles of Impeachment.

A Federal Judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s efforts to limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum violates Federal law.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro is preparing a run for the White House in 2020.

President Trump recently blamed former President Obama for “losing” Crimea. It was never ours to lose.

Late last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth Federal Court to rule against the Trump Administration’s efforts to repeal DACA.

For Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter, Jr. being indicted didn’t stop them from being re-elected.

Jobs Growth in October exceeded expectations, as did wage growth. It’s unclear, though, how long these numbers can be sustained.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

President Trump’s private phone calls are apparently a major source of intelligence for foreign nations.

President Trump is preparing to scrap a thirty-year-old treaty that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. It would be a foolish mistake.

The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA report showing that she does indeed have some Native American heritage in her family’s past. That won’t stop conservatives from continuing to attack her, though.

President Trump is choosing money and moral cowardice over human life in his response to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.

Take one name out of contention as a potential replacement for Nikki Haley at the United Nations.

American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Fifty years ago, a young college student who would become one of the most influential women in Washington was sexually assaulted by a Senator. She didn’t come forward with her story for more than fifty years, and the reasons why strike close to what we’ve been talking about for three weeks now.

The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.

September jobs growth fell short of expectations even as the top-line unemployment rate reached a point unseen since 1969.

The status of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation remains up in the air, as does the question of whether or not Christine Blasey Ford will appear for a hearing on Monday morning.

Reports about tension between Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Trump are becoming louder, and it’s being suggested that Mattis could be out of office after the midterms.

Be prepared to get a test message from the Federal Government at 2:18 pm Eastern Time on Thursday. This is only a test.

As part of her position as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has use of a rather lavish private residence. This is not a real controversy.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

After spending most of his post-Presidency on the political sidelines, former President Bush is hitting the fundraising trail for GOP candidates in Texas and Florida.

Former President Obama took on his successor in his first major political speeches since leaving office.

The fact that American officials talked with Venezuelans plotting a coup against the government of their country is a dangerous turn of events.

Jobs growth in August was slightly better than expected, but still nothing overly impressive.

The second day of questioning for Judge Brett Kavanaugh was a bit rockier than the first, but nothing happened that seriously threatens his eventual confirmation.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

A Federal Judge in Texas has declined to grant a request to bring the DACA program to an end, but its days appear to be numbered unless Congress acts.

Passports being denied to citizens whose birth records are being questioned.

Sad news about a Senate stalwart who has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer for more than a year.

Through our so-called allies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the United States is helping to destroy Yemen. It’s time for our support for that war to come to an end.

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

The legal fight over DACA could end up posing problems for Republicans in November.

Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.

The Trump Administration has taken the latest step in a process that began in May with the withdrawal from the JCPOA. Where it takes us is anybody’s guess, but the probability of something going wrong is quite high.

Jobs growth fell short of expectations in July but was still relatively decent. Wage growth, however, remains stubbornly stagnant.

A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.