Outside the Beltway

Great Britain heads to the polls today.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

The Trump Administration will not try to stop former F.B.I. Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is now expected to testify before Congress next week, and will reportedly confirm previous reports that the President pressured him to end the Bureau’s Russia investigation.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

There’s been a palace coup at The Heritage Foundation.

Faced with the fact that it has little to show for its first 100 days in office, the Trump Administration is pressuring Congress to come up with a new health care reform bill before the end of next week.

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

Next week’s big news is likely to be the Senate’s vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, which could mean invocation of the so-called ‘nuclear option’ by Senate Republicans.

With a vote tentatively scheduled for this evening, House Republicans appear to lack the votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.

A strong pick for what is likely to be an important Ambassadorial position in coming years.

A majority of Americans support appointment of an Independent Counsel to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 election and the Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia, but we should be careful before taking this step.

Another day, another round of reports about contacts with Russian officials and people close to President Trump.

The announcement of a new Muslim travel ban Executive Order has been delayed once again.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

Two Republican Senators are introducing legislation that would result in drastic reductions in the number of people allowed into the country legally.

In the end, an effort by Democrats to block Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court does not seem like a good use of their rather limited options.

The Acting Attorney General was fired last night after announcing that she would refuse to defend President Trump’s Executive Order on immigration. As a result she was fired. Contrary to some arguments, this was not improper.

President Trump hinted today that he’s likely to name his Supreme Court choice next week, and the list to appears have narrowed to three men.

With repeal of the Affordable Care Act now likely sooner rather than later, key Republicans are urging the party to have a replacement in place before repeal is voted on.

Once again, Donald Trump has played his supporters for suckers.

Republicans are afraid to oppose Donald Trump for fear that his supporters will come after them.

Trump will maintain some level of private security once in office.

As we approach the vote, the fantasies keep coming.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

A controversial member of George W. Bush’s foreign policy team is up for a post in Donald Trump’s State Department.

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

Are these the faces of Clinton voters? George P. Bush thinks so.

For now at least, it looks as though last week’s email news is having little impact on the state of the race for President.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden is on a Clinton campaign short list for Secretary of State.

The erstwhile Republican firebrand and current NeverTrumper shares his personal struggles.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.