Outside the Beltway

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

A mysterious conversation with a foreign leader is at the center of a controversy between the intelligence community and Congress.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

Even when it comes from his favorite propaganda network, Donald Trump doesn’t like bad news.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

A new poll shows solid support for free trade and opposition to the President’s tariffs, suggesting strongly that Trump is losing the public relations battle on this issue.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

This timeline is just so weird.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Canada must have a Federal Election by late October, and the polls are showing that Prime Minister Trudeau could be in political trouble.

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Increased focus on conservative efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade appears to be rallying public support for abortion rights.

In a move sure to ruffle feathers, the President is bypassing all of the Navy’s four-star admirals for the next service chief.

President Obama wanted to end it but his former VP used it to his advantage.

We could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

President Trump says that he would not spy on a rival regime like North Korea, once again making one wonder where his loyalties lie.

President Trump’s tariffs are having a noticeable, and negative, impact on global economies. The President doesn’t seem to care.

The Navy is confirming that it did receive a request from the White House to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” during the President’s visit to an American base in Japan.

Bernie Sanders supporters are a wee bit sensitive.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

White House aides asked the Navy to keep the USS John McCain “out of sight” while the President visited a Navy base in Japan earlier this week.

President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

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.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the American economy, American consumers, and American businesses.

A new poll finds that a small majority of Americans support abolishing the Electoral College, but that’s not nearly enough to make any change in how we elect Presidents possible.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

Its explanation for why its paywall is coming down 3 days leads us to an obvious question.

Another one bites the dust. And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust.

After just a year in office, Oliver North is out as President of the National Rifle Association as the group faces an ongoing series of scandals centered around Wayne LaPierre and others.

Stephen Moore, who has been nominated to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board by President Trump. has a history of controversial remarks about women.

The Wall Street Journal tries, and fails, to defend President Trump’s indefensible veto of the Congressional resolution regarding the war on Yemen.

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

Nein. Nein. Nein.

Only the best people, dontcha know.

Notwithstanding President Trump’s tariffs, America’s trade deficit hit a record level last year.

Job growth in February was far below estimates, but we did see some solid wage growth and other signs that we’re approaching what economists refer to as “full employment.”

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

Most Americans oppose the President’s use of a national emergency to get funding for his border wall, but don’t expect that to cause him to change his mind.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

The 83-year-old is taking time off finishing his LBJ quintilogy to write his memoirs. Is that selfish?

A new poll shows that most Americans believe the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision should remain the law on the land. Opinion on other abortion-related issues is more divided.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.