Outside the Beltway

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.

A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.

A Federal Judge in Maryland ruled last week that a lawsuit against the President based on a rather obscure provision of the Constitution could go forward.

The economy grew at an exceptionally strong pace according to the first estimate of GDP growth, but several caveats remain.

Deficits continue to rise.

Based on what can only be described as pure vindictiveness, the President is apparently planning on revoking security clearances of former officials who have been outspoken against the Administration and its policies.

In trying to assess the Helsinki press conference, a blast from the past deserves a second look.

There should be no question about a request to interview a former US Ambassador.

Despite Republican hopes, the tax cuts passed by Congress in December are not manifesting themselves in increased wages.

Even if all he gets out of the Helsinki Summit is a handshake and a photograph, Vladimir Putin has already won.

The NATO Summit is going about as well as can be expected.

There’s a reason President Trump’s Supreme Court picks are “normal” in a way his national security and economic teams are not.

A Federal Judge has rejected a Trump Administration effort to change a 20-year-old legal settlement that bars long-term detention of immigrant families.

The situation isn’t as awful as portrayed by the AP—but it’s still pretty bad.

Democrats are rallying around the “Abolish ICE” slogan in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them.

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 213,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent.

Donald Trump had to be talked down from considering military intervention in Venezuela.

The National Debt has passed $21,000,000,000,000 for the first time in history just as the nation begins its return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits.

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

It’s been eight years since we’ve seen a Supreme Court retirement, and despite speculation there were none announced today.

The president has a skewed view of who is trying to enter the US.

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

Donald Trump wants Republicans to make his immigration policies the centerpiece of the midterm campaign. What could possibly go wrong?

The Department of Justice’s Inspector General found that former F.B.I. Director James Comey was ‘insubordinate’ in regard to the Clinton email investigation, but found no evidence of political bias at the Bureau.

A POLITICO story pushes a plausible narrative with an example that’s almost certainly not evidence of it.

Longstanding policy that the Justice Department defend an Act of Congress if there is “any reasonable argument” it is constitutional is being ignored.

The Federal Government is signing on to an effort by Texas and several other states to have the DACA program declared unlawful.

The Trump Administration is declining to defend the Affordable Care Act in Court, arguing that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional because the tax penalty has been eliminated.

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill appears to be running up against President Trump’s bizarre affinity for Andrew Jackson.

The Federal Government will borrow more than $1 trillion this year for the first time in more than a half-decade.

Echoing the Obama Administration, the Trump Administration is arguing that it did not need Congressional authorization to attack Syria earlier this year.

A new book reveals President Obama’s initial reaction to Donald Trump’s election, and provides some detail about their first meeting.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

Donald Trump chose to mark Memorial Day by talking about himself.

An inordinate amount of cruelty is being perpetrated in the name of border security. It’s only partly the fault of the current President.

This President lies on a daily basis. It’s time to start calling him what he is.

The numbers suggests that the administration isn’t too interested in talking.

The Federal Reserve sees the economy staying relatively the same for the foreseeable future, which is both a good and bad thing.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

Despite advice from advisers, the President continues to use unsecured devices to communicate outside of White House channels.

Russia wasn’t the only nation that sent people to meet with Trump Campaign officials at Trump Tower back in 2016 regarding assistance to the Trump Campaign.

The Mueller investigation turns one year old today and, despite the arguments of Trump and his supporters, there’s no sign that it will be coming to an end in the near future.

With the end of the Supreme Court term approaching, speculation about a Kennedy retirement is ramping up again.

A writer at National Review is proposing a compromise on the issue of transgender rights. Needless to say, many conservatives aren’t very happy about it.

While longtime supporters have turned on the legendary attorney over his support of Donald Trump, he’s been astonishingly consistent.