Outside the Beltway

The Jobs Market bounces back in October, but the numbers are far from impressive.

More bad polling news for President Trump.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

President Trump remains the most unpopular newly elected President since the end of the Second World War, and there’s no sign that will change.

Another day, another Trump lie.

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Now Donald Trump is using the death of American soldiers to tell lies about his predecessor.

The President’s job approval numbers remain at historic lows, while a growing number of Americans say that the country is headed in the wrong direction.

The Bergdahl case comes to an end.

After initially signaling support for a bill banning ‘bump stocks,’ Republicans in Congress now appear to be hoping someone else will act for them.

At least for now, Republicans seem to be giving up on repealing and replacing the PPACA. That’s not going to make the base happy.

A very weak jobs report thanks mostly to the impact of two Category 5 hurricanes.

Tensions continue to rise between the White House and Foggy Bottom.

While Puerto Rico suffers, President Trump is spending the weekend at his New Jersey golf resort attacking people on the ground who are actually doing something.

What was essentially the final effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is officially dead.

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could end up having an impact on the race for Virginia Governor.

With his sentencing, the strange, strange saga of Anthony Weiner has come to an end. What a strange and wild ride it has been.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

President Trump’s job approval has improved slightly, but the numbers remain historically low for a newly elected President.

In a marked departure from previous American Presidents, Donald Trump delivered a highly belligerent speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

Some more interesting post-election commentary from Hillary Clinton.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer poked fun at himself on last night’s Emmy broadcast, and the political pundits are all in pearl-clutching mode because of it.

The Harvard Kennedy School pulled its Visiting Fellowship from the controversial figure after predictable outcry.

The Senate appears ready to get rid of another procedural move designed to block judicial nominees.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

80% of GOP voters approve of Trump. This explains GOP behavior in large measure.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere were gambling when they lined up behind Donald Trump. So far, they’ve lost.

Steve Bannon may be out of the White House, but his efforts to continue pushing President Trump, and the Republican Party, even further to the populist far-right continues.

For the second time this year, there are rumors that Mitt Romney could run for Senator from Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

No, the deal this week is not Trump becoming an independent.

As expected, a group of Democratic states is suing the Trump Administration over the decision to end the DACA program.

Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats on spending and the debt ceiling, but it was an exceedingly bad one.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

John Kelly has only been White House Chief of Staff for a month, but it’s already apparent that he isn’t likely to last very long in that position.

While the rest of us have been distracted by a hurricane in Texas, Robert Mueller’s investigation continues moving forward.

Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary won’t commit to putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill.

August’s Jobs Report came in below expectations.

President Trump remains obsessed with the Russian investigation and continues to try to shut it down.

Trump’s legislative accomplishments have been anemic at best.

Donald Trump is threatening to shut the government down if Congress doesn’t pay for the wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.

They may both be Republicans, but the relationship between the President and the Senate Majority Leader is bad and seems to be getting worse.

Democrats and “Never Trump”ers shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched.

Based on initial reports, Trump’s Afghanistan policy looks a lot like what we’ve seen for the past sixteen years.

Three new polls show Trump’s job approval down significantly in the three states that put him over the top in the Electoral College last year.

A bit of wishful thinking in the wake of Steve Bannon’s ouster.

Another one bites the dust.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.