Outside the Beltway

Change isn’t likely.

A convergence of OTB discussions.

One of America’s fist celebrity CEO’s has passed away at the age of 94.

Whether he knows it or not, Donald Trump is assisting the Russian leader in his goal of undermining the foundational institutions of democracy and freedom.

New polling suggests that the President may not be benefiting from the relatively healthy economy as much as expected.

Can the commander-in-chief’s tweets be unlawful command influence?

The job laid out by the Framers in Article II of the Constitution has expanded a mite.

The first Democratic debate drew record numbers on both nights.

Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.

One photograph that has gone viral is standing as a visualization of the Trump Administration’s inhumane asylum policies.

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

Polls are starting to show that the number of Republicans embarrassed by the President’s rhetoric and behavior is rising. Sorry guys, it’s too late now. You broke it, you bought it.

With hours to go before they were set to start. the President delayed the mass deportation raids that were supposed to begin this morning.

The latest is about deportations

Despite his claims, President Trump is actually deporting fewer people than were deported under former President Obama.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

Not surprisingly, the President’s opening speech of the 2020 campaign was filed with lies.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf as the Iran war hawks seem to be winning the battle for the President’s support.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

While the scope of Federal power has expanded beyond the ken of the Framers, this is not an example.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

Donald Trump continues to lie at a record pace. Does anyone care?

May’s Jobs Report came back with disappointing jobs growth, suggesting that the economy may be slowing down.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

The President’s foolish tariffs against Mexico are finally causing many Republican Senators to stand up against him.

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.

Perhaps NRO’s Charles W. Cooke needs to read the report (and do a better job of putting Mueller’s statements in context).

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

Let’s look at the Mueller Report, shall we?

There are many things to dislike about the Democratic socialist from Vermont. Hypocrisy isn’t among them.

As Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush remind us, there was a time when Republicans weren’t xenophobic nationalists when it comes to immigration policy.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin punted once again on the question of replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, making clear that any change that does occur won’t happen until after Donald Trump is out of office.

The Toddler-in-Chief has issued an ultimatum.

The Trump Administration lost what is likely to be the first of many court challenges to its effort to stop Congress from doing what the Constitution requires it to do.

In the latest example of the White House’s ongoing effort to block Congress from exercising its duty to investigate the Executive Branch, the White House is blocking the former White House Counsel from testifying before Congress.

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

Forget high language about constitutional prerogatives. This is about parties and elections.

The President unveiled some incoherent ideas yesterday that have no chance of becoming law.

A new poll shows President Trump trailing several of his potential challenger in a state that was crucial to his victory in 2016.

A longstanding legal question may finally come to a head.

So far Joe Biden has run a gaffe-free campaign. But how long can it last?

With his attempt to overthrow the government clearly a failure, Juan Guaidó is back to calling for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

Beto is fading.

The problem is with our politics, not our institutions.

Other than confirming a lot of Trump Judges, the Senate has not been getting much work done so far this year.