Outside the Beltway

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

Iranian voters have re-elected Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate whose election in 2013 was largely responsible for the shifts in policy that made the international agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear research program possible.

Despite campaign rhetoric, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel anytime soon.

After news of the appointment of a special counsel in the Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s persecution complex was on full display.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Another day, another allegation against the President. This time, though, it’s very, very serious.

Another day in Court for President Trump’s Muslim ban.

President Trump’s decision to share highly classified information with the Russians is yet another demonstration of his dangerous hubris and incompetence.

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

Was Jim Comey fired in an effort to impede the Russia investigation? Trump’s own words are making it sound more and more likely.

Trump’s job approval numbers continue to sink.

South Korea has elected a new President who breaks with his impeached predecessor in favoring dialogue with the North.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

Emmanuel Macron holds a decisive lead over Marine Le Pen as the French Presidential election heads into its final hours.

F.B.I. Director James Comey testified yesterday on the reasons he chose to publicly speak out just days before the 2016 election about the reopened Clinton email investigation.

There’s been a palace coup at The Heritage Foundation.

President Trump’s comments about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War reveal something about how he thinks, and it’s not good.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

After 100 days in office, President Trump has very little to show for his work except to show that there’s no reason to trust his judgment going forward.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

The North Koreans failed to successfully test a longer-range missile again yesterday, but tensions on the Korean Peninsula seem destined to increase in any case.

Donald Trump discovers reality.

The first scorecard for President Trump’s first economic quarter in office isn’t exactly very good.

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

Roy Moore, who is currently on suspension, has resigned as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in order to challenge Luther Strange for his seat in the US Senate.

The 44th President will make as for a one-hour speech as his old annual salary. Should we worry about that?

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

French voters face a stark choice in the May 7th runoff for President. Hopefully, they’ll make the correct choice.

As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump continues to suffer from bad poll numbers.

The FBI Director faced a damned if you do, damned if you don’t choice.

The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is hinting at a new Supreme Court vacancy this summer.

By a narrow margin, Turks voted for some significant changes.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.

Donald Trump is historically unpopular for a new President. What does that mean when his first foreign policy crisis comes, as it inevitably will?

Two new polls show Donald Trump hitting new lows in the polls as we get closer to his 100th day in office.

The ordinary and the extraordinary with the latest SCOTUS nomination.

So far, there’s no sign that Donald Trump is having much of an impact on the economy.

Republicans are going to find it difficult to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

After just sixty-six days, there are some disturbing patterns emerging from the Trump Administration.

The failure of the AHCA shows that Donald Trump doesn’t know the slightest thing about leadership or how to be President.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

With a vote tentatively scheduled for this evening, House Republicans appear to lack the votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

Just about two months into office, Donald Trump’s job approval number are worse than any newly elected President since World War II.

Republicans in Congress are slavishly seeking to divert attention from wrongdoing by Donald Trump, or Russia.

It may well be that the 25th Amendment, not the impeachment clause, will be his undoing.

Two big admissions from the Director of the F.B.I. today are likely to lead to real political headaches for the Trump Administration.