Outside the Beltway

As Conservative MP’s continue winnowing down the list of candidates for party leader, Boris Johnson remains the overwhelming leader. However, a surprise challenger may be on his heels.

The Justice Department has released a memo attempting to justify the Administration’s refusal to comply with a subpoena for the President;’s tax returns. Their argument is weak to say the least.

Patrick Shanahan is out as nominee to be Secretary of Defense after questions were raised during his background investigation.

Benjamin Netanyahu named a town that doesn’t exist, and most probably will never exist, after the President of the United States.

Four years ago, Donald Trump began his campaign for President. What has followed has been as bad as could have been predicted that day.

Just fire the pollster.

Today’s edition of “I Am Not Making This Up,”

Totally respectful, am I right?

Texas has become the latest state to eliminate red-light cameras amid increasing evidence that they are largely counterproductive.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving office at the end of the month.

President Trump says that he would not spy on a rival regime like North Korea, once again making one wonder where his loyalties lie.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.

The tree that President Trump and French President Macron planted last year has died.

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

Is it really such a bad thing when a politician changes a long-help position on a political issue?

Donald Trump continues to lie at a record pace. Does anyone care?

Over the weekend, the President took to Twitter and appeared to undercut the NASA policy that he himself endorsed just weeks ago.

The President and his supporters are touting the last-minute deal with Mexico announced on Friday, but the details show there’s much less than meets the eye.

The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal to avert tariffs that would have gone into effect on Monday. Whether the deal accomplishes anything substantive remains to be seen.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who hid from fire during last year’s school shooting in Florida has been charged criminally. The legal basis for those charges seems flimsy.

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.

Either Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, or he thinks his supporters are dumb.

The Navy is confirming that it did receive a request from the White House to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” during the President’s visit to an American base in Japan.

Just a day before he is scheduled to arrive in the city for a State Visit, London’s Mayor is denouncing President Trump.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.

Thanks largely to anti-vaccination propaganda, the Centers for Disease Control reports that measles cases in the U.S. are at a level unseen in a quarter century.

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

Last night, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Mexico for reasons that have nothing to do with trade itself.

White House aides asked the Navy to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” while the President visited a Navy base in Japan earlier this week.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.

For the first time since being appointed Special Counsel, Robert Mueller spoke to the media regarding his report on the Russia investigation. The news was not good for the President.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

Most of us define ourselves largely through our jobs. That’s increasingly a problem.

Late last week it appeared as if a 90-year-old veteran of the Korean War would be buried without anyone to say goodbye. Then the word got out, and thousands of people responded.

Making up a Trump quote just gives cover to the real ones.

President Trump is in Japan, and while there is is dismissing the seriousness of new North Korean missile tests that threaten Japan.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

The cost of Trump’s trade policies are well beyond the cost of soy beans.

Earlier this week, SpaceX deployed the first 60 satellites in a network that could result in Internet access from virtually anywhere in the world.

An author’s greatest nightmare unfolded on live radio.