Outside the Beltway

A new government report indicates that President Trump’s border wall will cost billions more than initially projected. And Mexico still isn’t going to pay for it.

Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.

President Trump is suggesting he may force a government shutdown over his immigration policies just a month before the midterm elections.

In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.

In a 5-4 party-line vote, the High Court declared that the Constitution and Federal Law give the President broad authority over immigration.

Notwithstanding the rhetoric of the President and his supporters, most Americans believe that immigration is a good thing for the United States.

Trump suffered another court loss yesterday that opens him up to some potentially embarrassing questions.

Don’t look for a Trump agenda for the rest of the year. It doesn’t exist.

A small group of Republican rebels in the House are attempting to push legislation protecting DACA beneficiaries to a floor vote. Unfortunately, they’re not likely to succeed.

In a bizarre Twitter rant, President Trump declared a DACA deal “dead,” blaming Democrats when it’s clear that it’s largely his fault.

Fourteen months into his presidency, he has no idea how the federal budget works.

Congress passed a funding bill to avert a shutdown with time to spare early this morning, but now the President is threatening a veto.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is backing away from gun regulations opposed by the N.R.A.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

A new poll suggests that Republicans would get the blame if Congress fails to pass a bill to protect DACA beneficiaries.

The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

The prospect for a fix to help DACA beneficiaries is looking gloomier than ever.

Another Federal Judge has placed a hold on President Trump’s order to end DACA.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

Friday’s eight-hour shutdown was not the non-event it seemed from the outside.

WaPo is overhyping things a bit.

While most of America slept, the government was shutdown thanks to some faux theatrics by a single Senator.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

Last week, the President was calling for national unity. This week, he called political opponents “treasonous.”

Congress appears to be moving closer to a budget deal even as the President tries to throw a monkey wrench into the whole thing.

A new poll indicates that most Americans support a DACA deal, but don’t think it should be linked to measures to avoid a government shutdown.

Congress seems no closer to a DACA deal than they were in January.

After an extended break for the Republican retreat, Congress heads back to work today with just three days before a possible government shutdown.

My latest for The National Interest takes a contrarian view on the new National Defense Strategy.

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

In addition to deadlines on the Federal Budget and DACA, Congress also has to deal with the debt ceiling at some point in the next month.

The White House’s immigration plan is facing opposition in both chambers of Congress from moderate and conservative Republicans alike.

The prospects for a deal in Congress on DACA are starting to look grim.

Democratic norms are eroding.

Less than a day after the President appeared to make a major concession regarding DACA, the White House has thrown a monkey wrench into the whole process.

Democrats in the Senate appear ready to de-link DACA from the budget. That would remove the threat of a government shutdown, but it could anger their base.

Getting to a DACA deal isn’t going to be easy.

My latest for The National Interest has posted.

The deal that led to the end of the Federal Government shutdown isn’t sitting well with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

While final votes remain to be taken, the Federal Government shutdown effectively ended this afternoon with an overwhelming bipartisan vote to reopen the government, combined with a commitment from Republicans to consider a DACA bill over the next three weeks. What happens next, though, is entirely uncertain.

As the Federal Government shutdown moves into the work week, there are some rumors of a possible deal, but nothing concrete and the lack of trust between the two parties could make a deal hard to achieve.

President Trump called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the legislative filibuster to resolve the government shutdown. That’s not going to happen.

It’s Day Two of the Federal Government shutdown and there are few signs of a quick resolution.

The government is shut down and Washington is playing the usual blame game. In reality, there’s plenty of blame to go around, and one of the guilty parties is the American people.

Both #TrumpShutdown and #SchumerShutdown put the blame in the wrong place.

One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.

With just hours to go, it seems increasingly unlikely that the Senate can reach a deal to keep the government open.