Outside the Beltway

Turkish security personnel who assaulted peaceful protestors in America’s capital will go free.

Not unexpectedly, Russia has retaliated for Great Britain’s retaliation for Russia’s apparent assassination attempt on British history.

One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.

H.R. McMaster appears to be on the way out as National Security Adviser. The important question is, who replaces him?

Having journalistic integrity at the Fair and Balanced network has never been more challenging.

The selection of Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State makes it more likely that President Trump will take the foolish and dangerous step of withdrawing the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran.

According to one insider, “There’s no leadership, no trust, no direction and this point there’s very little hope.”

The nominations of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel could be in trouble in the Senate.

By all accounts, Gina Haspel is exceedingly well qualified to be the next C.I.A. Director, but she has a troubling past that the Senate will need to at least force her to answer questions about.

While the nature of Rex Tillerson’s firing as Secretary of State was shocking in its abruptness, taken in context with the rocky nature of his tenure it was hardly surprising.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Next up: Pompeo

While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

National Security Adviser H.L. McMaster is the latest person rumored to be considering moving on from the Trump Administration.

President Trump’s tweets, other public statements, and actions are causing world leaders to doubt the reliability of the United States on the world stage.

Despite what his own intelligence chiefs are saying, President Trump still does not believe that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Intelligence officials are warning that the Russians are set to seek to influence the 2018 elections just as they did in 2016. Despite this, the Trump Administration refuses to acknowledge this publicly while the President seeks to undermine the investigation into past Russian interference.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

The current budget deal expires in six days and Congress doesn’t seem to know what it’s going to do about it.

When it comes to foreign policy, Donald Trump has no over-arching philosophy and little knowledge, so don’t expect anything approaching a coherent doctrine from his Administration.

America’s closest European allies are rebuffing the Trump Administration’s efforts to renegotiate the nuclear deal with Iran. They’re right to do so.

While everyone is paying attention to the government shutdown, the Trump Administration is preparing for a never-ending, unwise, and unauthorized military commitment in Syria.

America’s closest allies sent a strong signal that they do not agree with President Trump on the nuclear deal with Iran.

New reports indicate that the President is spending more and more time watching television and tweeting. That’s not what he was elected to do.

Report that President Trump considered withdrawing the Gorsuch nomination are another sign of his unhealthy obsession with pledges of loyalty from people who have no business giving it to him.

It appears that Rex Tillerson’s days at the State Department may be numbered, but his proposed replacement leaves a lot to be desired.

Is it time to reexamine Presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike?

President Trump returns home from an Asian trip that wasn’t exactly impressive.

On North Korea, there are two options, deterrence and war. And only one of those options makes sense.

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

Despite the fact that everyone seems to agree that Iran is complying with the nuclear weapons deal, President Trump took steps that will undermine that agreement and do serious damage to American credibility around the world.

Donald Trump continues to be as astoundingly ignorant about the most powerful weapons the U.S. military possesses as he was as a candidate.

Tensions continue to rise between the White House and Foggy Bottom.

Donald Trump is undermining his own Secretary of State’s efforts on North Korea, and he doesn’t seem to care.

The U.S is joining the rest of the world in refusing to recognize the independence referendum conducted by Iraqi Kurds.

A new poll shows, unsurprisingly, that the vast majority of Americans see Donald Trump as a divider rather than a uniter

More provocative action from North Korea, and another reminder that there are no easy answers to the problems represented by the Kim regime.

Another Cabinet member rebukes the President for his comments about Charlottesville.

Donald Trump’s Secretary of State is refusing to defend his response to the violence in Charlottesville.

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

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

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords was neither the big win his supporters claim nor the disaster his critics fear.