Outside the Beltway

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.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

For Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter, Jr. being indicted didn’t stop them from being re-elected.

The emergence of a silly talking point.

When do we stop pretending that Fox News Channel is anything other than State Run Media for the Trump Administration?

The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.

Faced with the probability of losses today, President Trump is already getting ready to blame everyone but himself.

Bret Stephens’ piece this week adds up to not much.

National Republicans are worried that the President’s concentration on hot-button issues could end up backfiring. They should be.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s name may be unfamiliar, but he’s looking to change that.

Jobs Growth in October exceeded expectations, as did wage growth. It’s unclear, though, how long these numbers can be sustained.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

Hillary Clinton is hinting about maybe running in 2020 again. Is she serious, or is this just a publicity stunt?

Add yet another name to the potential Democratic campaign field in 2020.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the President

Rather than cauterizing an open wound, she’s fanned the fuels of a fire.

For a number of reasons, we may not know the outcome of the midterm elections on Election Night.

Those rambling campaign rally speeches the President loves to give aren’t getting the kind of coverage they used to, not even from his favorite news channel.

At this point, corruption, dishonesty, and insanity are just baked in.

Math rules.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley says he would not consider a Supreme Court nominee in 2020. But does he really mean it?

The evidence that Saudi Arabia murdered Washington Post columnist and American Permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi appears to be incontrovertible.

September jobs growth fell short of expectations even as the top-line unemployment rate reached a point unseen since 1969.

Much of what Donald Trump has claimed about how he built his fortune is a lie, and at least part of it originated in his father’s shady efforts to evade taxes.

After passing on the opportunity in 2016, Elizabeth Warren is leaving the door open to a run for President in 2020.

My last post on this subject for the weekend (I think).

We should take Congressional officers out of the line of succession.

Regardless of who wins control of the Senate in November, the person who will stand third in the line of succession will either be over, or very close to, eighty years old. That doesn’t make sense.

This morning, President Trump took to Twitter to attack Dr. Christine Blasey Ford over her allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Indicted New York Congressman Chris Collins will run for re-election despite being indictment for securities fraud.

Donald Trump has been in office just over 600 days, and he’s proven beyond any doubt that he doesn’t care if what he says is the truth or not.

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been in the news a lot lately, but what would it actually take to use it to remove a President from power?

As problematic as some of what we know about the internal workings of the White House may be, it isn’t a coup.

Ohio billionaire Les Wexner was a top Republican donor and fundraiser in Ohio, but not anymore.

A new report says that the Trump Administration lobbied the National Park Service to edit photos of the crowd at President Trump’s Inauguration.

With less than two months to go before the midterm elections, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Just how far should White House staffers and civil servants go in protecting the public from an erratic president?

As I have repeatedly noted: Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.