Outside the Beltway

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.

Yesterday’s test of the Presidential Alert system went about as planned.

For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court starts a new term down one Justice. That isn’t as big a problem as it might seem.

Elon Musk has apparently come to his senses. At least for now.

The legal troubles for Tesla’s Elon Musk just got a lot more serious.

Just hours before hearings that will likely determine the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, new accusations and revelations are coming to light.

Less than a day before a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a third woman has come forward with new allegations involving Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Six siblings of Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar are starring in political ads against him. This is just another unfortunate example of the extent to which our political culture has been ruined by hyperpartisan polarization.

Your phone won’t be beeping on Thursday after all.

Be prepared to get a test message from the Federal Government at 2:18 pm Eastern Time on Thursday. This is only a test.

The shooting of Botham Jean by off-duty Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger earlier this month seems like a clear cut murder. So why is she only charged with manslaughter?

Some last minute dramatics in the Kavanaugh nomination fight, but it seems unlikely to impact the outcome of the nomination fight.

New evidence indicates that the same Russian backed bots and trolls that sought to influence the 2016 election are now attempting to exploit the social divisions raised by the N.F.L. players kneeling during the National Anthem.

Entertainers work for a living, too.

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

President Trump reportedly vetoed a plan to issue a statement lauding Senator John McCain after he died on Saturday.

One moment at a campaign rally in October 2008 defines better than anything else what American politics lost when John McCain passed away.

Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81,

My latest for The National Interest is out.

Max Boot proclaims “Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud.”

Venezuela has arrested two military officers in connection with the alleged assassination attempt on President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.

The former CIA Director has been stripped of his access to classified information after repeatedly criticizing the President.

As much as we hate paying $200 a month for television, the future is likely going to be worse.

White supremacists held a rally in Washington on Sunday, and almost no one but their opponents and the police showed up.

The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.

Andy Bitter has taken a new job but his former employer thinks it owns his social media account.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

In what amounts to a significant, albeit not surprising, change in Catholic doctrine, Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances.

One of the biggest names in Hollywood stands accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women in yet another ground-breaking report by Ronan Farrow.

In the wake of a grievance filed by the union representing players, the N.F.L. has suspended the new National Anthem policy it announced earlier this year. This guarantees even more cynical political exploitation by the President.

It took less than twenty-four hours for President Trump to essentially repudiate his purported attempt to walk back the appalling comments he made in Helsinki.

Mariia Butina, a Russian “gun rights activist, is accused of being an unregistered agent of the Russian government and attempting to influence Republican Party policies regarding Russia in an operation that pre-dates the Trump Presidential campaign.

It’s more complicated than one might think.

Another incident involving what clearly seems to be the inappropriate use of force against an African-American man.

Jarrod Ramos should have been in jail, let alone allowed to have any weapon more dangerous than a butter knife.

A man with a grudge against the Annapolis Capital Gazette killed five people in the newsroom.

Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.

The White Male Great American Literary Novelist for the 21st Century is not a fan of modern realities.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia last night, and the incident raises questions of how far we should let politics infiltrate everyday life.

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

The crying Honduran girl who has become a symbol of a brutal policy actually is not one of its victims.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

President Trump is at the center of controversy again after video emerged of him returning the salute of a North Korean General.

The Trump Administration’s new legal position on coverage for people with pre-existing conditions could pose political problems in the fall.

Not surprisingly, Canadians aren’t very happy about President Trump’s attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

President Trump has unblocked Twitter users, but at the same time his lawyers are appealing the ruling that he can’t block Twitter users.

More than a decade ago, Donald Trump revealed one of his secrets to success. Exhaust your enemies. It explains much of what has happened since he took office.

A long-overdue overhaul of the way the United States vets those who access classified information is underway.