Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump is now claiming that he had never denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. This is, of course, not true.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s old.

More security clearance problems for the White House.

To the surprise of nobody, Mitt Romney entered the race to succeed Orrin Hatch in the Senate. He’ll probably win.

Despite what his own intelligence chiefs are saying, President Trump still does not believe that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

WaPo is overhyping things a bit.

While most of America slept, the government was shutdown thanks to some faux theatrics by a single Senator.

Last week, the President was calling for national unity. This week, he called political opponents “treasonous.”

With Republicans fully in control in Washington, their concerns about the budget deficit seem to have disappeared.

Dodge is facing controversy this morning for using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Super Bowl commercial, but they’re not the only party who may have some questions to answer.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. And, yes, he’s running.

The military options thus far presented for dealing with the DPRK have not been satisfying.

The first jobs report for 2018 beat expectation slightly, but the most positive signs came in the underlying data on wages.

Donald Trump lies about even the most trivial matters, How are we supposed to believe anything else he says?

Imagine a world where Hillary Clinton was President and stood accused of the same things Donald Trump and his campaign are currently under investigation for.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

Andrew McCabe has stepped down as the FBI’s number two after months of attacks from President Trump.

Democratic norms are eroding.

And a little Electoral College for good measure.

And the evidence for obstruction of justice continues to mount.

President Trump called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the legislative filibuster to resolve the government shutdown. That’s not going to happen.

One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.

With just hours to go, it seems increasingly unlikely that the Senate can reach a deal to keep the government open.

Thanks to Donald Trump, public opinion around the world about the United States is at its lowest level in ten years.

Some thoughts about why the president’s remarks on immigration are so problematic.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

New reports indicate that the President is spending more and more time watching television and tweeting. That’s not what he was elected to do.

Knowing what you don’t know is important.

Donald Trumps’ tweets are the public statements of the President of the United States. This makes them noteworthy and often important.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Contrary to expectations, jobs growth in December was relatively modest.

Who needs a First Amendment when you have lawyers willing to write threatening letters?

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

Donald Trump’s irrational tweets are once again focused on the leader of North Korea.

After forty years in the Senate, Orrin Hatch announced that he will not seek re-election this year, thus opening the door for Mitt Romney to succeed him.

Late yesterday, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling striking down the latest version of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

A Judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the President based on two provisions of the Constitution that had never been ruled on before.

A new poll shows President Trump losing to a “Generic Democrat.” This poll means nothing.

Republicans passed their tax bill yesterday. What that means for the economy and the 2018 midterms is another question.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

We’re looking to inject some new life into an old blog.

As he nears the one-year anniversary of his Inauguration, President Trump is getting increasingly bad reviews from the public.

Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama is bringing out into the open a civil war that has been going on for seven years now.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

A top Republican political analyst is warning that a Roy Moore victory in Alabama could pose real problems for Republicans in 2018. If it does, they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves.

Vladimir Putin will easily win re-election, but some are beginning to wonder who or what comes after him.