Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump continues to appear to advocate ideas that harm American national interests and benefit Vladimir Putin. Draw your own conclusions as to why.

As the shutdown goes on, the polls are getting worse for the President.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is the latest Democrat to throw their hat into the Presidential ring.

Don’t expect the Congress (i.e., the Senate) to pull us out of this shutdown mess.

The numbers aren’t good for Trump.

If you’re looking for the biggest obstacle to a resolution to the government shutdown, look no further than President Donald J. Trump.

Trump doesn’t want anyone to know what he and Putin discussed.

President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of declaring a national emergency to get his wall built. But the other options he’s considering aren’t much better.

Paul Manafort’s attorneys reveal in a pleading that their client provided insider campaign data to Russian intelligence sources, something that seems an awful lot like collusion.

New polling clearly indicates that the President is losing the battle for public opinion over the government shutdown.

President Trump’s speech on the border wall and the shutdown was fact-free, misleading, and overall a bomb.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden will reportedly decide on whether or not he’ll be entering the race for President in the near future.

President Trump is offering to change his ‘concrete wall’ with a ‘steel barrier’ in what he apparently things is a compromise.

As the shutdown drags on, the President is digging in his heels even further.

December’s Jobs Report blew past expectations to show more than 300,000 jobs created.

In a late first-day session, Congress passed a series of bills designed to reopen most of the government, but they’re already ‘dead on arrival’ in the Senate.

Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of The House again after eight years out of power, but there’s little time for her to celebrate.

Not surprisingly, President Trump significantly accelerated the pace of his lies in 2018.

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

Before even taking office, Mitt Romney is taking on the President. It’s a good sign, but we’ll see what it leads to.

That’s not how it works.

The fact that this President is a congenital liar is well-known. The actual number of lies less than two years into his Presidency, though, is astounding.

In what clearly appears to be a rebuke of the President, Defense Secretary James Mattis is retiring as Secretary of Defense.

The Trump Administration is reportedly preparing to withdraw the small contingent of American troops from Syria. If it actually happens, this would be a good move.

Republicans scored a win in Court last week, but it seems likely to lead to a political loss in the long-term.

As Washington heads into the final days of a budget shutdown, Republicans find themselves on the losing end of a public relations battle.

Trump has selected current Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff, but that’s unlikely to change how the West Wing operates.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in assisting the President in various scandals and cover-ups.

Nancy Pelosi is apparently close to a deal with dissident Democrats that will keep her in power until at least 2022.

Once again, President Trump is threatening a shutdown over the border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

Cory Booker’s interest in running for President has been an open secret for some time, now he’s being far less coy about it.

Protests that have killed four and injured hundreds have been rewarded and show no sign of ending.

Jobs Growth in November was healthy but fell short of expectations.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

Washington said farewell to George H.W. Bush today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

A nation says farewell to a war hero, public servant, former President, and great American.

He says he won’t announce anything until after the start of 2019, but Joe Biden is sure sounding like a guy who’s running for President.

After initially saying no, Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke is now reopening the door to the idea of running for President.

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen plead guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings with Russia, and has agreed to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’s not running for President in 2020.

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

A state trial court Judge in New York rejected efforts by the Donald Trump to halt a lawsuit alleging charity fraud in connection with the operation of The Trump Foundation.

President Trump’s latest attack on the Federal Judiciary prompted a rare rebuke from the Chief Justice of the United States.

In news replete with irony, it’s being reported that Ivanka Trump used a private email account to communicate about government business.

Is Donald Trump thinking about dumping Mike Pence in 2020? Probably not, but that’s not going to stop the speculation.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

Who’s John Delaney? Well, he’s a Congressman from Maryland who’s apparently running for President.

Michelle Obama can’t forgive Donald Trump for his role in spreading the racist birther conspiracy. I can’t say I blame her.

Somewhere, Tim Russert is smiling.