Outside the Beltway

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

The laying out of the case begins.

Our system lacks accountability.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Sean Spicer will appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

Trump has selected current Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff, but that’s unlikely to change how the West Wing operates.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

This time, the rumors about John Kelly leaving appear to be true.

There’s yet another rumor that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly could be on the way out.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

After one year at a job that has to be among the most frustrating in Washington, John Kelly has agreed to stay on through the 2020 election.

John Kelly is nearing the end of his first year as White House Chief of Staff, and it’s becoming apparent that his mission to bring order to a disordered White House has failed.

Democrats have adopted a new rule requiring future candidates for President to certify that they are Democrats, but it seems largely unenforceable.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

Mike Pence’s obsequiousness to his master knows no limits.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

President Trump may be looking to push Chief of Staff John Kelly aside by giving him a next to impossible job.

Former F.B.I, Director James Comey’s memos regarding his meeting with Donald Trump early in 2017 have been released, and they corroborate everything Comey has said about those conversations.

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

After eight months in office, the pressures on Chief of Staff John Kelly continue to mount under a President who cannot be controlled and whose behavior will not change.

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

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

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

The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.

President Trump is reportedly considering replacing his chief of staff. Again.

Former White House and Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

It’s been two years since John Boehner stepped down as Speaker, and he’s got a few things to say about his former colleagues and the state of American politics.

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.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

Sean Spicer now says he regrets the lies that defined his time at the White House.

President Trump reportedly openly humiliated his own Attorney General after learning of Bob Mueller’s appointment.

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.

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.

Another one bites the dust.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

A big but not unexpected personnel change at the White House.

Six months of revelations about ties to Russia is taking its toll on White House staffers.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is apparently chafing under a White House that isn’t letting him do his job.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

The President’s Son-In-Law has reportedly become a ‘focus’ of the ongoing F.B.I. investigation. That puts the President in a very awkward position.

The President is being fed “news” from questionable news sources, and that’s a problem.