Outside the Beltway

After less than two weeks, former President George H.W. Bush is out of the hospital.

President Trump has told an astonishingly large number of lies since taking office.

In addition to his admissions about the Stormy Daniels matter, Rudy Giuliani also confirmed what we’ve known for awhile, that James Comey was fired because of the Russia investigation.

Stormy Daniels is suing the President for defamation after he accused her of lying about a threat made to her seven years ago.

When it comes to a potential interview with Robert Mueller, President Trump faces risks no matter what form that interview takes.

It’s been 441 days since Donald Trump held a full-fledged Presidential press conference. Does anyone care?

Robert Mueller has some questions for the President, and the wide range of topic areas should worry President Trump significantly.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

It takes a whole lot of work to net small gains for underrepresented groups.

In a new book, Senator John McCain makes an announcement that everyone was anticipating.

President Trump’s on-again, off-again visit to Great Britain appears to be on again.

Andrew Sullivan wonders, “Will there always be an England?”

Despite the fact that President Trump’s continues to praise him, Ronny Jackson will not be returning to the White House as the President’s personal physician.

The House Intelligence Committee’s report is being touted as vindication by the Trump Administration and its supporters. It’s not.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

The White House is pushing back on the allegations of misconduct that were made against Ronny Jackson this week, and trying to use them in a high-profile Senate race in Montana.

The meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In was historic, but many questions and caveats remain.

There has been a massive layoff at the Republican website. Everyone who criticized the President is gone.

Michael Cohen will invoke his rights under the Fifth Amendment in response to any questions asked in discovery in the civil suit filed against him by Stormy Daniels. That’s really the only option he has.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the challenge to President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban. It didn’t appear to go well for the challengers.

Good news for the 41st President of the United States and his family.

As expected, a Republican won the Special Election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, but it’s not a win Republicans should really be celebrating.

French President Emmanuel Macron is in the U.S. hoping to lobby President Trump to keep the United States in the nuclear deal with Iran. He’s got his work cut out for him.

Overnight, we moved to content encryption. Here’s what that means for you.

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

Mitt Romney stumbled in his bid to become Utah’s next Senator but he’s still likely to win the nomination anyway.

An essay from earlier in the year by Jacob T. Levy underscores some of the points I recently tried to make about democratic norms in the current era.

The Kim regime has announced the end, for now, of its nuclear and ballistic missile testing programs. To understand why they made this concession, one needs to read between the lines.

In response to inquiries about frequent media mentions of the Director’s wartime service, the CIA has confirmed he did not serve in combat.

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

Former F.B.I, Director James Comey’s memos regarding his meeting with Donald Trump early in 2017 have been released, and they corroborate everything Comey has said about those conversations.

Randa Jarrar was classless and contemptible, which is protected by the First Amendment. As a tenured state employee so is her job.

Republicans are blaming the President for the fading popularity of the tax reform law passed in December. It’s more complicated than that.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

Whoops.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

For intelligence and law enforcement to function, their leaders must remain outside the partisan fray—even in recent retirement.

A Federal Judge has struck down the revised version of the ban on transgender members of the military from serving openly, and the ruling has significance that goes well beyond the issue at hand.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

Top positions in the State Department are vacant, and there’s only one person to blame for that.

President Trump is on the attack against James Comey as the former F.B.I. Director begins his book tour.

There is no obvious strategy and even the expressed rationale makes no sense.

Given a choice between Robert Mueller and Donald Trump, most Americans are siding with Mueller. Unless they’re Republicans that is.

Hang on, the ride on the Trump Train is about to get a lot bumpier.

Out of the blue, President Trump plans to pardon Dick Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, but the move seems to have more to do with James Comey than it does Scooter Libby.

A decryption device called GrayKey is being used by all manner of government agencies.

Once again, President Trump’s foreign policy tweeting is causing problems.

Mark Zuckerberg’s second day before Congress was somewhat more contentious than the first, but at the end of the day it’s still unclear that more regulation is the answer to the issues raised by recent Facebook “scandals.”