Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump continues to lie at a record pace. Does anyone care?

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

There are many things to dislike about the Democratic socialist from Vermont. Hypocrisy isn’t among them.

John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” has been released from prison but the war in which he was captured goes merrily along.

President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

The New York Times has obtained about ten years worth of Donald Trump’s tax returns from the late eighties to early nineties. They don’t tell us much that we didn’t already know.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

As I have noted before: party trumps institutional pride. The Barr testimony is just another example.

Republicans have aborted President Trump’s lofty plan for a $2 trillion infrastructure deal just days after it was conceived.

Jobs Growth in April was much higher than expected, seemingly putting to rest for now fears that the economy might be slowing.

Newly discovered evidence shows that foreign governments have expanded their leasing of space from at least one Trump-owned office building in New York City.

Democrats in South Carolina seem to think they have a shot at beating Lindsey Graham in 2020. I wouldn’t be so sure of that.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

President Trump personally overrode the objections of security officials, the White House Counsel, and the Chief of Staff to make sure his son-in-law got a security clearance.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

There’s only one solution to the D.C. statehood issue. It’s called retrocession.

As the shutdown continues, the President’s political position is becoming weaker. He doesn’t seem to care, though.

A leading conservative makes a truly bizarre defense of the President.

A new blockbuster report implicates the President in no less than five Federal crimes.

The scandal-plagued Secretary of the Interior is leaving office at the end of the year.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in assisting the President in various scandals and cover-ups.

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.

Losing the midterms is not going over well with the President.

Amazon has reportedly decided to split its second headquarters between an already urbanized area of Northern Virginia and the outer boroughs of New York City.

Over the weekend, it was confirmed that the man once referred to as Vladimir Putin’s favorite Congressman was defeated in last week’s midterms.

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

President Trump’s trade war with China is leading car manufacturers to shift production from the U.S. to China.

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.

A once iconic American retailer appears to be on its last legs.

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.

A Federal Judge ruled late last week that a lawsuit under the Foreign Emoluments Clause by more than 200 Congressmen and Senators can proceed forward.

President Trump is set to expand his ill-advised, economically ignorant, trade war with China.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81,

No matter how long Donald Trump remains in office, August 21, 2018 will be the day that everything changed.

One year after Charlottesville, it’s clear that President Trump still doesn’t understand what happened there, or that he just doesn’t care.

President Trump appears to be ready to expand his ignorant, counterproductive trade war with China.

Trade deals take more than an afternoon chat.

The man who knows all of Donald Trump’s financial secrets has been called to testify before the Grand Jury investigating Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

Donald Trump’s longtime attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen apparently recorded a conversation where the two men discussed paying off a Playboy model who claims she had an affair with him.

A really weird detail buried in a New York Times story about President Trump’s efforts to get the Justice to retire.

President Trump is reportedly considering the 47-year-old Utah Senator to replace Anthony Kennedy.

The former New York City Mayor is prepared to spend $80 million to help Democrats take back Congress this year.

Both President Trump and Ivanka Trump are profiting handsomely from their time in the White House.