Outside the Beltway

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

The White House has succeeded in killing, for now, the White House Daily Press Briefing and in making itself the least transparent Administration in recent history.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

Stephanie Grisham, presently a top aide to First Lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House Press Secretary and Communications Director.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

Expanding on events that have been going on for months, two oil tankers were attacked today near the entrance to the Persian Gulf

It’s been three months since the White House held a press briefing. Meanwhile, the President continues his unhinged attacks on the media.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

It’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment, folks.

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

Patrick Shanahan, who has been serving as Acting Defense Secretary since James Mattis left in December, is being selected to replace Mattis in that position.

In an effort to block the release of the full report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Trump Administration is invoking Executive Privilege.

The tumultuous turnover at the top of the Trump team is too much.

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.

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and “fixer,” is set to deliver several bombshells in his testimony before Congress today.

Rather than pulling completely out of Syria the United States will be leaving behind a token force of about 200 troops. This is a mistake.

The President will sign the bill to fund the government and avert another government shutdown, but in doing so he’ll also lay the groundwork for another showdown with Congress.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

The Senate rejected Republican and Democratic proposals as expected but there are some signs of movement forward.

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet again in February, but it’s hard to see why.

In a rare public statement, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is disputing reports that the President directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

President Trump’s speech on the border wall and the shutdown was fact-free, misleading, and overall a bomb.