Outside the Beltway

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

The Florida governor is among several names being floated to replace Pete Hegseth.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Here we go again.

A general conversation and a lot of specifics about RFK. Jr.

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

No, I am not kidding.

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

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Hitting back at centibillionaires is hard.

Yet another example.

US and regional leaders are hoping for a limited operation.

The legendary singer, songwriter, and actor is gone at 88.

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

An understandable but wrongheaded action.

A long overdue move.

While foreign policy seldom decides American elections, it really should this year.

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

The Netanyahu government has few friends.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

The pandemic ruined everything.

If we’re even bowling at all.

In the Trump era, it’s all politics.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and MAGA.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

“This is not the way it is supposed to go,” indeed.

A truly weird story.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

Congress is doing something, at least.

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

Yet more leaked intelligence gives a gloomy forecast.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

A pandemic-inspired perk seems to be going away.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

President Biden has ended a months-long impasse.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

President Biden has again made history.

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.