Outside the Beltway

Hang on, the ride on the Trump Train is about to get a lot bumpier.

Trump suggests US might seek to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

We’re set to return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits, and Republicans won’t do a thing about it.

Dan Drezner notes some challenges on this topic, and I add some of my own thoughts.

The DJIA (and other markets) are not too happy about all of this trade war talk.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

President Trump won’t attend nerd prom again this year. That’s a good thing.

March’s Jobs Report fell far short of expectations.

Robert Mueller is telling the President’s lawyers that Trump is a “subject” of his investigation, but not a “target,” that’s not as significant a distinction as it may seem to be.

The woman who lost the 2016 election is apparently not going to go away.

Within hours after being fired as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin was fighting back.

Mitt Romney staked out a position on DACA that is to the right of the President, and to the right of a majority of Utah voters.

Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.

Stormy Daniels spoke to 60 Minutes last night about her relationship with Donald Trump and the agreement that was made on the eve of the 2016 election to keep her quiet.

Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.

Not surprisingly, John Bolton has some links to particularly shady people on the right.

Congress passed a funding bill to avert a shutdown with time to spare early this morning, but now the President is threatening a veto.

Donald Trump may be getting ready to act as his own Chief of Staff. That would be a huge mistake.

A state trial court Judge in New York has ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed in Manhattan against President Trump can go forward.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

Breitbart News appears to be fading in terms of readership, but the alt-right politics it represents is not going away.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

The special counsel may be moving beyond the 2016 campaign and into post-election obstruction of justice.

To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin has won re-election to another term as Russia’s President.

If you’re tired of the restraint being shown by this President, you may be in luck.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

The FBI’s former deputy director was shamefully fired late Friday night, after which President Trump gloated on Twitter.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

Best known as a television host, he served in the Reagan administration and chief economist of Bear Stearns.

Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

A better than expected jobs report for February, but wage growth slowed for the month.

Netflix no longer offers President Frank Underwood. They’re lining up a replacement.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels has filed a lawsuit against the President, handing the already beleaguered White House yet another headache.

How ‘tainted’ must a funder be before a charity is obliged to reject the donation?

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Jonathan Bernstein thinks so and Chuck Todd and company outline a pretty strong case.

President Trump’s job approval hits a new low.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

The Russian government likely is quite pleased.