Outside the Beltway

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

The actor known for “Good Times,” “Roots,” and “The West Wing” is gone at 84.

What if 2024 was a “West Wing” episode?

Could Thursday’s match-up shake up the race?

It’s what we do. I mean this is what we do.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

The actor best known for his role in “Friends” is gone at 54.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

More centrist fantasies.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

Crises tend to be distracting.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

The 83-year-old Justice is playing a dangerous game.

Family, football, feasting, and flashbacks.

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

The days of one-stop media shopping are long gone.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

Because of course they are.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

This is no way to run a railroad.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

John Kelly, President Trump’s former Chief of Staff, is speaking out nearly a year after leaving office

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.

After the census debacle, some reports indicate that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross may be next on President Trump’s chopping block.

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

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

President Trump and the top Democrats in Congress announced a purported $2 trillion infrastructure deal but there’s no reason to believe it will ever become law.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

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

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

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.

A man somehow got elected governor without being very good at politics.

President Trump’s detailed schedules reveal a man who doesn’t seem to spend a lot of time actually working.

The initial reaction to President Trump’s proposal to reopen the government is not going over well on either side of the aisle.

As the government shutdown enters through its twenty-fourth day, attention is shifting to Senate Republicans who could be pressured to break ranks and potentially force a resolution.

As 2018 draws to a close, there’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

Trump has selected current Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff, but that’s unlikely to change how the West Wing operates.

Once again, President Trump is threatening a shutdown over the border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for.