Outside the Beltway

Robert Mueller’s investigation appears to enter a new phase, with a focus on the President’s business dealings with Russia.

Theresa May has expelled 23 Russian diplomats and convened the North Atlantic Council.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Next up: Pompeo

There won’t be any tanks, but it looks like President Trump will get his military parade.

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that completely eviscerates the memo prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes.

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

Donald Trump’s dereliction of duty in response to clear evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election is a staggering and flagrant dereliction of the duties he agreed to take on when he took the Oath Of Office more than a year ago.

Blake Hounshell has doubts about whether Trump colluded with Moscow.

President Trump’s tweets, other public statements, and actions are causing world leaders to doubt the reliability of the United States on the world stage.

The Russian government likely is quite pleased.

Donald Trump is now claiming that he had never denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. This is, of course, not true.

To the surprise of nobody, Mitt Romney entered the race to succeed Orrin Hatch in the Senate. He’ll probably win.

President Trump’s military parade would come with a not insignificant cost.

Despite what his own intelligence chiefs are saying, President Trump still does not believe that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Intelligence officials are warning that the Russians are set to seek to influence the 2018 elections just as they did in 2016. Despite this, the Trump Administration refuses to acknowledge this publicly while the President seeks to undermine the investigation into past Russian interference.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

Once again, President Trump is going soft on Russia. Why? I’ll leave that up to the reader to decide.

While everyone is paying attention to the government shutdown, the Trump Administration is preparing for a never-ending, unwise, and unauthorized military commitment in Syria.

Thanks to Donald Trump, public opinion around the world about the United States is at its lowest level in ten years.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been erratic, illogical, and demonstrated a clear disdain for diplomacy.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

Vladimir Putin will easily win re-election, but some are beginning to wonder who or what comes after him.

Roy Moore wishes he was back in the days of cotton when families were close and African-Americans were enslaved.

Russia has been barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics after an investigation uncovered extensive evidence of cheating.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

It appears that Rex Tillerson’s days at the State Department may be numbered, but his proposed replacement leaves a lot to be desired.

President Trump returns home from an Asian trip that wasn’t exactly impressive.

Even during an overseas trip, President Trump continues to try to undermine the Russia investigation.

Yet more evidence of potential collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russians.

The Justice Department appears to be on the verge of charging Russian government officials in connection with election-related hacking.

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.

Squirrel!

While the President of the United States continues to create chaos, Xi Jinping consolidates his power in China.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

Absent significant changes, expecting normal diplomatic relationships with the DPRK is a pipe dream.

Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir lashes out at those to blame for her unexpected loss.

New reports of Trump’s business ties to Russia are raising eyebrows.

President Trump remains obsessed with the Russian investigation and continues to try to shut it down.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

Donald Trump kowtows to Vladimir Putin yet again.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

Is there anyone in the Trump Administration or family who hasn’t held undisclosed meetings with Russians?

With the Administration’s six-month point approaching, Donald Trump continues to lag in the polls.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a Trump family member in the cross hairs.

Most Americans believe that President Trump has been actively trying to block the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation

Donald Trump’s first overseas trip went about as badly as you’d expect it would.

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.