Outside the Beltway

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

The basketball great and humanitarian is gone too soon.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

Politics-free edition.

His party got destroyed in EU elections, so he’s doubling down.

The sad joke continues.

A reminder that all choices are political to one degree or the other.

BuzzFeed, Disney, and others are making big cuts.

What was once impossible, then inevitable, has now happened.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was killed at a campaign rally. He was 67.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

There’s no keeping politics out of these Games.

A massive investment falls just short. This time.

It turns out that the GOAT is a human being.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

Or, more accurately, the lack thereof.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

It is foolish to think that we ever escape politics.

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Russia has been barred from the 2020 and 2022 Olympics as well as other international sporting events due to widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

The fight to determine the leader of the Conservative Party, and the next British Prime Minister, is down to two candidates, but there’s one clear favorite.

We segregate men and women in sports for good reason. How we do that is complicated.

Japan will be getting a new Emperor on May 1st. That means a new calendar and a whole lot of headaches.

For their 2020 convention, Democrats are headed to the Midwest.

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

While I’m sympathetic to his plight, he has no case.

In his annual message, Kim Jong Un sent a message to President Trump on denuclearization and the future of the Korean Peninsula.

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints wants to be referred to by its given name. Shouldn’t we respect that wish?

Recent controversies over rules enforcement have some crying Foul!

The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.

Three new polls show that Republicans basically agree with the leader of their party when it comes to the issue of Russian interference in American elections.

Jim Jordan, who heads the powerful House Freedom Caucus, is being accused of ignoring reports of sexual abuse by a team doctor while he was a coach at The Ohio State University.

After hitting a stumbling bloc in April, Mitt Romney coasted to a win last night, and has a clear path to Washington and the U.S. Senate.

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

The North American delegation has won the right to lose a whole lot of money putting on a soccer tournament.

With the start of the Singapore Summit just hours away, it’s not at all clear what the respective parties can possibly agree to other than what amounts to a photo opportunity.

Among the stumbling blocks to a DPRK nuclear summit: who’s going to pay for Kim Jong Un’s hotel room?

Seemingly out of the blue, the June 12th summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been canceled by the United States.

Seven years after deactivation, the U.S. Second Fleet will be patrolling the North Atlantic again.

More signs of tension between President Trump and his Chief of Staff.

The meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In was historic, but many questions and caveats remain.

The Kim regime has announced the end, for now, of its nuclear and ballistic missile testing programs. To understand why they made this concession, one needs to read between the lines.