Outside the Beltway

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

Nor is it Armed Forces Day.

Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema appears to be headed toward victory.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

Claiming it was because of the weather President Trump chose to skip a visit to a cemetery at the site of one of the bloodiest battles involving Americans in World War One.

Florida has begun the recount process in both the Senate and Governor’s races. Where it goes from here is anyone’s guess.

Michelle Obama can’t forgive Donald Trump for his role in spreading the racist birther conspiracy. I can’t say I blame her.

The issues are different than in Florida or Arizona, but the Georgia Governor’s race remains unresolved as Stacey Abrams hopes to find enough votes to force the race into a runoff.

President Trump’s selection to serve as Acting Attorney General does not appear to be Constitutionally authorized to serve in that position.

The Senate race in Arizona has been close since Election Night, but Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema has pulled ahead.

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

Thirteen people, including eleven civilians, a Sheriff’s Deputy, and the gunman, are dead after a shooting at a bar in California.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

It’s all over but the vote counting.

When do we stop pretending that Fox News Channel is anything other than State Run Media for the Trump Administration?

Faced with the probability of losses today, President Trump is already getting ready to blame everyone but himself.

A Federal Judge in Maryland has ruled that discovery can proceed in a case alleging that President Trump has taken payments from outside sources in violation of the Constitution

Michael Bloomberg is flirting with the idea of running for President in 2020. He’s done this before, of course, but this time he seems far more serious.

Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.

Despite the relatively strong economy, President Trump and many other Republicans are relying on the politics of fear to drive voter turnout on Tuesday.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s name may be unfamiliar, but he’s looking to change that.

As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.

On Wednesday Trump tweeted out a crass, dishonest ad in hopes of leveraging fear and racism as a political tool.

Robert Mueller’s office has referred an apparent effort to bribe women into making allegations against him to the F.B.I.

A chart to ponder.

The blatant stoking of irrational fear as campaign politics.

Charges have been filed against the man responsible for the massacre in Pittsburgh in both Federal and State court.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

At least eight people are dead in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Authorities have arrested a Florida man named Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Trump supporter, in connection with the wave of bombing attempts directed at critics of the President.

Donald Trump is talking about a tax cut that appears to exist only in his own mind.

More outrageous behavior by the President of the United States.

Two more potential explosive devices, addressed to New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, have been discovered by law enforcement.

In the wake of attempted bombing attacks on people he has criticized, the President is blaming the media for poisonous political rhetoric. He needs to look in the mirror.

President Trump’s private phone calls are apparently a major source of intelligence for foreign nations.

More explosive devices sent to prominent Trump critics, including Robert DeNiro and Joe Biden, have been located.

Four suspicious packages addressed to prominent political and media figures have been intercepted in the past three days.

Science can’t precisely locate gender but it’s neither fully biological nor fully genetic.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

President Trump is serving as a knowing apologist for a despotic regime.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the President

Saudi Arabia is reportedly developing an explanation for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi that defies credulity.

Donald Trump is a coward and an apologist for evil around the world.

Rather than cauterizing an open wound, she’s fanned the fuels of a fire.

Those rambling campaign rally speeches the President loves to give aren’t getting the kind of coverage they used to, not even from his favorite news channel.

President Trump is choosing money and moral cowardice over human life in his response to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.

A Soyuz mission sending two men to the International Space Station was forced to abort shortly after launch. Fortunately, the American and Russian on board returned safely to Earth.