Outside the Beltway

A foolish, and potentially dangerous, decision by President Trump.

As I’ve said before, the Republican Party in the Trump Era has become the party of Trumpaloons, sycophants, sellouts, and cowards.

With ten days to go, the Senate race in Alabama between Roy Moore and Doug Jones is close.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Even a ceremony honoring American heroes wasn’t immune from President Trump’s habit of attacking racial minorities.

President Trump put his thumb on the scale for Roy Moore, ignoring the allegations of harassment and sexual abuse that have been made against the candidate.

Voters rank factors before choosing how to vote.

The differing reactions among Republicans in Washington and the base of the Republican Party to the charges against Roy Moore have enhanced a civil war inside the Republican Party.

Could the tide be turning in the Alabama Senate race against Roy Moore? At least some polling indicates the answer could be yes.

House Republicans passed their tax reform bill. That was the easy part.

Roy Moore’s most die-hard defenders are living in a world of their own, and it’s unlikely they’ll change their minds.

The Moore situation illustrates the nonhierarchical nature of US parties. This is nothing new.

While many on the right are condemning Roy Moore, there are far too many prevaricators and defenders out there.

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is accused of having molested a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s.

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and they can’t run away from it.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

To nobody’s surprise, a blue state returns to its roots.

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.

Forget all the talk about a civil war in the Republican Party, the truth is that Republicans and conservatives have already surrendered to Trump and Bannon.

Due mostly to cowardice and naked self-interest, you shouldn’t expect many other Republicans to speak out against Trump in the near future.

One of the few Republicans willing to speak out against Donald Trump is retiring at the end of his current term.

John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.

President Obama spoke out yesterday against his successor and the America he has created.

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

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

A new poll shows Democratic nominee Doug Jones tied with twice-removed former Chief Justice Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, but it’s still too early to be optimistic.

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.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

The GOP’s effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act appears to suffer a fatal blow as Senator John McCain announced his opposition to what is the last gasp of that effort in the Senate.

The ‘No Labels’ movement is back, and it’s as irrelevant to contemporary politics as ever.

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

Once again, Congress is abdicating its Constitutional responsibilities.

Americans support allowing Dreamers to stay in the country, and most of them also support allowing them to eventually become citizens.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

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.

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

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia, has come out against the most recent immigration-related action by the national leader of his party.

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

The Trump Administration announced today that the program that provided deportation relief to nearly a million people brought to the United States as children would end unless Congress acts to save it.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

It’s possible we haven’t heard the last from “Sheriff Joe.”

President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.