Outside the Beltway

The ongoing destruction of the Department of State

A Fox News host has debunked the Uranium One conspiracy theory being pushed by his own network.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Squirrel!

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

Progress in Saudi Arabia, but there’s still a long way for this backward, discriminatory society to go.

Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir lashes out at those to blame for her unexpected loss.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

At a time when our alliance is more important than ever, President Trump is responding by attacking our ally.

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

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

Another one bites the dust.

Donald Trump kowtows to Vladimir Putin yet again.

A good choice for an important position.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

More provocation from Pyongyang.

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

Reports are indicating that President Trump may cancel or delay his trip to the United Kingdom due to planned protests.

Despite campaign promises, President Trump won’t be moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem anytime soon.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

South Korea has elected a new President who breaks with his impeached predecessor in favoring dialogue with the North.

America’s longest war is still going on, and President Trump’s advisers want him to continue his predecessor’s policies of continuing to re-expand American forces in a war that has seemingly no end.

Donald Trump seems to be surprised that being President requires actual work.

Donald Trump has basically declared war on the people who blocked the AHCA from passing last week.

An apparent terror attack outside Parliament in London.

The president’s skinny budget would eliminate most funding for science and the arts to fund more Defense spending.

Rex Tillerson, “the phantom of Foggy Bottom.”

Trump appears to undervaluing existing bureaucracies listening more to hacks and ideologues.

President Trump has issued a revised ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim nations.

Donald Trump’s “Winter White House,” which has effectively become a “Weekend White House,” is basically selling access to the President.

Another day, another round of reports about contacts with Russian officials and people close to President Trump.

A new Pentagon proposal would place more discretion in the hands of field commanders, removing the need for Presidential approval.

The announcement of a new Muslim travel ban Executive Order has been delayed once again.

It was both the best speech Trump has ever given and the worst presidential address I can recall

Reports indicate that President Trump will seek to increase military spending. We don’t need to, and we can’t really afford it.

President Trump has actually made a good pick for National Security Adviser. As with the rest of his foreign policy team, though, the question is if he’ll listen to him.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

An initial setback for the Federal Government in its appeal of the ruling putting President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on hold.

A legal victory, at least for now, for opponents of Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from seven majority Muslim nations.

In a closer than normal vote for the position, Rex Tillerson has been confirmed as Secretary of State.

The Acting Attorney General was fired last night after announcing that she would refuse to defend President Trump’s Executive Order on immigration. As a result she was fired. Contrary to some arguments, this was not improper.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.