Outside the Beltway

The artless deal.

The Russian autocrat may be on the verge of getting what he wants.

An unusual diplomatic approach.

Who could have known?

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

A story I thought I’d never see.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

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

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

The inevitable has happened.

The killing goes on.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

Russian war crimes have made a diplomatic settlement next to impossible.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

The Biden Administration is pushing for a half measure.

The leveling of Bakhmut is the latest Russian atrocity.

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

Alliance leaders have significantly different priorities regarding the conflict.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

Russia is humiliated but not defeated. Ukraine is winning but at a very high price.

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

A phony annexation doesn’t hide that he’s badly losing his illegal war.

Russian forces have been forced out of two logistical support hubs.

The bloody conflict could go on for months, if not years.

What happens if Ukraine can’t achieve complete victory?

The proxy war is working.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

Another morale booster for the good guys.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

What will Zelensky, Putin, and the West settle for?

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

By the end of today, Donald Trump will most likely be the third President of the United States to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

For the third time since 2015, Donald Trump gets Politifact’s “Lie Of The Year.”

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

In the wake of yesterday’s hearing, the House of Representatives is taking the inevitable next step.

The House Intelligence Committee has released its report resulting from its investigation of the Ukraine scandal.