Outside the Beltway

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

Trump’s error in Syria.

With just over two weeks to go until the deadline, the status of Brexit is entirely unclear.

The longtime anchor is leaving the network, ostensibly at his request.

President Trump loses another lawsuit against his ongoing efforts to stonewall Congress.

The White House is doubling down on its illegitimate stonewalling of valid Congressional document requests.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

Expanding on yesterday afternoon’s post.

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

President Trump’s latest Syria move is coming under heavy criticism even from fellow Republicans.

She’s been fibbing about how she left a teaching job nearly half a century ago.

As the Brexit deadline approaches, Boris Johnson’s options dwindle and a hard Brexit becomes more likely.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

With the ongoing Ukraine scandal having an impact in Washington and Kyiv, the biggest winner is in Moscow.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

A somewhat disappointing jobs report for September.

It’s not just Ukraine.

It looks like we’ll have Cory Booker to kick around for a little while longer.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

Fox News Channel in general, and Fox And Friends in particular, have become nothing but a propaganda network for the White House and the President.

House Democrats are reportedly looking at an impeachment process narrowly focused on the President’s efforts to obtain a quid pro quo from the President of Ukraine.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

Jacques Chirac, who served two terms as President of France and was a strong opponent of the Iraq War, has died.

The Acting Director of National Intelligence has released the complaint filed by an intelligence community whistleblower that has set off allegations that the President sought foreign aid in undermining a political opponent.

Greg Sargent usefully lays out the basics.

The escalation has been rapid, dramatic, and warranted.

Donald Trump is suing the District Attorney in Manhattan to stop him from getting copies of Trump’s tax returns.

The White House has succeeded in killing, for now, the White House Daily Press Briefing and in making itself the least transparent Administration in recent history.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

The details about President Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his potential 2020 rivals keep getting worse for the President.

A wrongheaded solution for a legitimate problem.

Eighteen years after it started, the American public seems to be mostly ignoring the war in Afghanistan. But that isn’t an excuse for not bringing it to an end.

A startling statistic that hides a more comforting reality.

A Harvard law professor makes my case better than I did.

It’s still early in the election cycle but there’s plenty for the President to worry about.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

A new look at the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh uncovers some new evidence.

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

Some reports are suggesting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might take on the additional role of National Security Adviser.

President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.

There’s the truth, and then there’s Donald Trump’s version of the truth. The two are seldom related.

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

So weird.

The map shows the flaws of the Electoral College

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of a Presidential race few people realized she was in.