Outside the Beltway

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

A Senate race in Mississippi could end up being the deciding factor in the battle for control of the Senate.

President Trump is preparing to scrap a thirty-year-old treaty that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. It would be a foolish mistake.

With three weeks to go until Election Day, it’s looking like we’ll end up with a Congress divided between Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate.

A Soyuz mission sending two men to the International Space Station was forced to abort shortly after launch. Fortunately, the American and Russian on board returned safely to Earth.

Last Tuesday, Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain a document he needed. He hasn’t been seen since.

At least for the moment, the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appears to be helping Republicans rally their base for November. The question is whether it will last after the fight is over.

While one must give the benefit of the doubt to Ted Cruz, the Senate race in Texas is getting very interesting.

A new round of Congressional Ballot polls seems to put Democrats in a strong position for the ‘blue wave’ they’ve been hoping for all year.

With less than two months to go before the midterm elections, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

Jobs growth in August was slightly better than expected, but still nothing overly impressive.

New polling seems to show a significant shift toward Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.

The military regime in Myanmar has sentenced two reporters to prison for reporting on the repression of the Rohingya Muslims.

As the midterms get closer, the public’s perception of the President’s job performance is getting worse.

With just 72 days to go until Election Day, the chances that the Democrats will take control of at least one chamber of Congress are looking quite good.

Donald Trump is now attacking his own appointee to head the Federal Reserve Board.

There’s been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism to the United States since Donald Trump became President.

The Trump Administration continues to insist that North Korea is violating promises that it clearly never made.

Trump’s trade war will claw back 25% of the growth in GDP, slightly more than 20% of the wage growth and more than wipe out all the jobs his tax cuts would provide.

New polling shows that the ground looks fertile for Democrats in the fall.

The President was up late last night sending an incredibly over-the-top tweet directed at Iran.

In trying to assess the Helsinki press conference, a blast from the past deserves a second look.

Three new polls show that Republicans basically agree with the leader of their party when it comes to the issue of Russian interference in American elections.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

Seemingly out of nowhere yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief ordered the Pentagon to create a fifth service.

After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.

Poland makes the U.S. and NATO an offer they might want to consider refusing.

The numbers suggests that the administration isn’t too interested in talking.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has tightened in some recent polls, but on average the battle for control of Congress continues to favor Democrats.

An oak sapling brought to the United States by French President Macron went missing over the weekend. The reason for its disappearance has been answered.

With just over six months to go before the 2018 elections, the storm clouds are starting to gather for the Republican Party.

President Trump’s job approval numbers remain historically low.

President Trump took to Twitter this morning and decided poke a stick in the eye of the Russian bear.

More than 1200 refugees, mostly from Honduras, are trying to come to the United States. What should we do about it?

A contest with no serious challenger will make him the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin.

Under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, the country made a smooth transition from apartheid. Now it’s going the way of Zimbabwe.

A German court has ruled that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” does not require search engines to verify sites are free from malicious content before listing them.

President Trump continues to make irresponsible and dangerous threats in connection with American policy toward North Korea.

Donald Trump is now claiming that he had never denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. This is, of course, not true.

A newly released poll has encouraging signs for Democrats in 2018, but there are several caveats.

A government panel has mandated a 50% increase in the revenue share streaming services pay songwriters and music publishers.

The Supreme Court heard argument yesterday in an important case dealing with the circumstances under which voters can be purged from the voting rolls.

POTUS decided to start the New Year by insulting Pakistan over Twitter.

More good poll numbers for Democrats as we headed into 2018.

After more than thirty years in power, Robert Mugabe is on his way out in Zimbabwe, but that doesn’t mean things will improve.

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.

President Trump sinks even lower.