Outside the Beltway

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

This time, the rumors about John Kelly leaving appear to be true.

There’s yet another rumor that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly could be on the way out.

Happy Thanksgiving!

In news replete with irony, it’s being reported that Ivanka Trump used a private email account to communicate about government business.

Hope Hicks jumps from one pro-Trump venue to another.

Reports about tension between Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Trump are becoming louder, and it’s being suggested that Mattis could be out of office after the midterms.

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been in the news a lot lately, but what would it actually take to use it to remove a President from power?

President Trump wants Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department to investigate the anonymous Op-Ed published earlier this week even though there doesn’t appear to have been a crime committed.

In an extraordinary anonymous Op-Ed, a senior White House official describes a White House in chaos.

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.

After one year at a job that has to be among the most frustrating in Washington, John Kelly has agreed to stay on through the 2020 election.

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.

John Kelly is nearing the end of his first year as White House Chief of Staff, and it’s becoming apparent that his mission to bring order to a disordered White House has failed.

A POLITICO story pushes a plausible narrative with an example that’s almost certainly not evidence of it.

“Winging it” isn’t how foreign policy should be made.

Despite advice from advisers, the President continues to use unsecured devices to communicate outside of White House channels.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

When it comes to the Trump White House, the fish rots from the head down.

With the start of her confirmation hearings just days away, Gina Haspel’s nomination to be C.I.A. Director is by no means secure.

More signs of tension between President Trump and his Chief of Staff.

President Trump may be looking to push Chief of Staff John Kelly aside by giving him a next to impossible job.

Based on his recent behavior, it’s clear that the President is worried about how loyal Michael Cohen might actually turn out to be.

Donald Trump could have more to worry about regarding the investigation of Michael Cohen than he does regarding the Mueller investigation.

After eight months in office, the pressures on Chief of Staff John Kelly continue to mount under a President who cannot be controlled and whose behavior will not change.

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

Donald Trump may be getting ready to act as his own Chief of Staff. That would be a huge mistake.

Uh oh.

A new report confirms that the White House has indeed required staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements that are clearly not enforceable.

A report in The Washington Post says that White House Staff under President Trump have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements.

A new bombshell allegation in the Stormy Daniels affair.

According to one insider, “There’s no leadership, no trust, no direction and this point there’s very little hope.”

The President tried bringing something akin to a traditional policy process to the White House. Now he’s rebelling against it.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

An unspecified number of White House staffers unable to obtain security clearances are out, with several more likely to follow.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

The 29-year-old was one of President Trump’s most trusted aides but she had an impossible job.

National Security Adviser H.L. McMaster is the latest person rumored to be considering moving on from the Trump Administration.

More security clearance problems for the White House.

Whether it’s the abuse angle or the more serious issue of security clearances, the White House still can’t get the story straight on the Rob Porter case.

President Trump is reportedly considering replacing his chief of staff. Again.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

And the evidence for obstruction of justice continues to mount.

Thanks to Donald Trump, public opinion around the world about the United States is at its lowest level in ten years.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

Happy Thanksgiving!