Outside the Beltway

Lindsey Graham is the latest Senator to make clear that he’s already made up his mind on impeachment.

Those Republicans who recognize how bad President Trump is for he nation but are afraid to speak out against him are as bad as the true believers of Cult45.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is running to get his old job back.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

Yesterday’s testimony by Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman including information particularly damaging to the President and his defenses to the charges against him in the Ukraine matter.

After coming under fire for a decision designed primarily to benefit himself and his family, President Trump has decided to walk back the decision to hold the next G-7 Summit at one of his properties.

The Commission on Presidential Debates has released the schedule and criteria for the General Election debates. As usual, the criteria are heavily biased in favor of the major party candidates.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

The impending impeachment of the President is likely to reveal Republicans on Capitol Hill to be the cowards we already knew they were.

In a rather obvious rebuke aimed at President Trump, Mitt Romney said this week that he will not endorse anyone for President in 2020.

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

Jon Huntsman has resigned as Ambassador to Russia ahead of an anticipated bid to return as Utah’s Governor, a position he held 11 years ago.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

Well, of course they are.

Every offseason re-aligns the sport in fascinating ways.

The Kaine-Udall amendment has met its predictable end.

The Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on Monday that could make it easier to buy and sell alcoholic beverages across state lines.

The Democratic Socialist wants to absorb $1.6 trillion of student debt.

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 President’s foolish tariffs against Mexico are finally causing many Republican Senators to stand up against him.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for 45 years, has died at the age of 81.

Justin Amash’s call for impeachment of the President, and the Republican Party’s reaction to it, is telling us a lot about the current state of the GOP.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

Justin Amash doubled down on his criticism of the President and his call for impeachment even as he came under fire from fellow Republicans.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

While he campaigned on a message of restraint, Donald Trump has largely adopted the interventionist foreign policies of his predecessors.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue political movement is arguing in favor of independent election of Vice-Presidents.

In the end, Impeachment is a political act more than a legal one. For that reason, Democrats should not pursue impeachment unless they have a reasonable chance of winning.

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

The Constitution’s invitation to struggle over foreign policy continues.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

Scholars argue that the shifting media landscape is largely to blame for our political crisis.

It’s the battleground states that are the issue, not small states v. large states.

Congress is doing its damned job for a change.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

There appear to be enough votes in the Senate to pass the resolution disapproving President Trump’s border wall “emergency,” but there’s not enough Republican support to override an expected veto.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

Two more defections from the stable of writers at RedState provide further proof of the extent to which conservative media has become a pro-Trump echo chamber.

The White House isn’t ruling out the idea of a second government shutdown, but Senate Republicans have other ideas.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

The Senate rejected Republican and Democratic proposals as expected but there are some signs of movement forward.