Outside the Beltway

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

Before we draw broad conclusions of the reporting on the report, don’t we need to see the report?

The Lawfare gang and Popehat weigh in.

The principal findings of the Mueller report are now public. They’re good news for the President on Russia and a mixed bag on obstruction.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

The Friday news dump to beat all Friday news dumps.

On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.

Sometimes symbolism is important. This is one of those times.

The Democratic Speaker of the House says there will be no charges against the Republican President barring an “overwhelming and bipartisan” consensus.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

The first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have been an all-around success.

Notwithstanding President Trump’s tariffs, America’s trade deficit hit a record level last year.

Paul Manafort walked into court yesterday facing the possibility of 20 years in prison. He came away with a much better outcome.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

The President continues to lie at an astounding rate that only seems to be getting worse. Does anyone care?

He conjures the imperialist past with such comments (and he doesn’t even use the term correctly).

In a two-hour rant before an adoring crowd of CPAC sycophants. President Trump displayed everything wrong with him and his Presidency.

A successful launch for SpaceX and NASA and a successful beginning to the return of American manned spaceflight.

Early tomorrow morning, NASA and SpaceX will be testing a crucial part of America’s return to manned space flight.

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being charged with three charges of corruption even as he faces an election in just over a month.

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.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer begins three days of testimony before Congress today. By the time he’s done, he could end up doing real damage to the Trump Presidency.

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

After two years of spitting in their faces, President Trump is finding it hard to get America’s European allies to come to his aid.

President Trump will get his Space force, but it won’t exactly be what he wanted when he first proposed that idea.

Robert Mueller appears to be winding down his investigation and getting ready to submit a report to the Attorney General.

Thanks mostly to it’s complete and enthusiastic embrace of Donald Trump , the Republican Party faces a bleak demographic future.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

Two months after being named, Heather Nauert withdrew her name as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations due to a ‘Nannygate’ problem.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

William Barr was easily confirmed as Attorney General in a 54-45 votes that included three Democrats crossing over to support him.

A Federal Judge found that former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort lied repeatedly after entering into a plea agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. This either makes him incredibly stupid or willing to sacrifice himself to hide the truth from Federal investigators.

The former #2 official at the FBI is trying to sell a book.

The self-appointed Acting President of Venezuela has said he doesn’t rule out the idea of American intervention in his country, but we should rule it out immediately.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

In his business career Donald Trump relied largely on fear and intimidation to get his way on business deals. As President, he’s finding that nobody is afraid of him.

The President’s second State of the Union began and ended with calls for unity. In between, it was filled with the divisive partisanship that has marked his Presidency.

More than any recent President, Donald Trump displays a tremendous amount ignorance about the world. Even worse is the fact that he seems proud of it.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

As threatened late last year, the Trump Administration has withdrawn from the Intermediate=Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This is a mistake.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

Jeff Flake says he won’t be running against President Trump in 2020, but there may be others.

As public opinion of the President continues to slide his pandering to his far-right base increases.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Looking ahead, the political landscape does not look well for the President.