Outside the Beltway

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

It’s more than competition but less than war.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

MAGA Republicans have owned themselves whilst trying to own the libs.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

It’s about time.

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

While the West dithers, Russia is doubling down.

It must be another day that ends in a “Y”

Two related questions.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

Its like déjà vu all over again.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

The “courage of the white flag” is a horrible idea.

Biden did what he needed to do.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

One term was enough.

The longest serving Republican Leader is passing the torch.

Yet more evidence the man is unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

The problem that won’t go away.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

A misleading survey result.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

I know it when I see it.

More on an ongoing saga.