Outside the Beltway

New polling shows that the ground looks fertile for Democrats in the fall.

A fourth poll in less than a month shows that most Americans support keeping the rights protected in Roe v. Wade alive.

The President is apparently getting ready to take yet another ill-advised step in his ill-advised, economically illiterate trade war.

Most Americans disapprove of the President’s handling of our relationship with Russia, and foreign policy more generally, in the wake of the Helsinki Summit. That’s not having much of an impact on his overall job approval, though.

Donald Trump’s longtime attorney and “fixer” Michael Cohen apparently recorded a conversation where the two men discussed paying off a Playboy model who claims she had an affair with him.

There should be no question about a request to interview a former US Ambassador.

The ill-advised move is sure to raise costs for businesses and consumers and roil global stock markets.

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 213,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent.

Donald Trump’s trade war continues to have negative consequences for American consumers and businesses.

In a new interview, former Trump attorney and ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen gives the strongest signal yet that he’s ready to cooperate with investigators.

The White House is hoping for a relatively quick turnaround time to pick a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Once touted as an example of his deal-making prowess, Harley-Davidson sent a rebuke to President Trump by announcing it was moving some manufacturing to Europe to counteract the impact of his ongoing trade war.

Three months after it started, the Trump Trade War is already starting to have a negative impact on American businesses and American consumers.

President Trump once said that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” It’s only been three months since he started this war and we’re already finding out just how wrong he is about that.

The Administration is going to unveil a plan for a major reorganization of government agencies today.

Donald Trump wants Republicans to make his immigration policies the centerpiece of the midterm campaign. What could possibly go wrong?

The Department of Justice’s Inspector General found that former F.B.I. Director James Comey was ‘insubordinate’ in regard to the Clinton email investigation, but found no evidence of political bias at the Bureau.

Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer is expected to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.

After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.

The Federal Reserve sees the economy staying relatively the same for the foreseeable future, which is both a good and bad thing.

For some reason, the President wants to help a Chinese company that has been accused of being a security risk by American intelligence services.

The Postal Service is losing billions of dollars, but not for the reasons the President claims.

Rudy Giuliani is basically now suggesting that his client would be willing to set off a Constitutional crisis that would make Watergate seem like a picnic.

To paraphrase the late Dennis Green, he is who we thought he was. 

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

Republicans are blaming the President for the fading popularity of the tax reform law passed in December. It’s more complicated than that.

Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.

New polling shows the Democrat’s lead in the Congressional ballot poll shrinking slightly, but enthusiasm is still on their side.

President Trump’s job approval numbers remain historically low.

Yet more troubling news about the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The ‘permanent record’ of yesteryear is now real. Should there be limitations?

Former Playboy model Karen McDougal is suing the publisher of the National Enquirer for the right to tell her story of an alleged affair with President Trump in 2006.

Turkish security personnel who assaulted peaceful protestors in America’s capital will go free.

Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

Responsible governance from the Golden State?

John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

Following yesterday’s move by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart has raised the age for all gun sales to 21.

Yet another top appointee is in the awkward position of having to defend himself from the Tweeter-in-Chief.

Dave Schuler argues the US would have a much better healthcare system if we had modeled it on VA clinics rather than private insurance.

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 tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

Why does the U.S. continue to pursue the seemingly impossible goal of denuclearization with regard to North Korea? In part, it’s because we’re still locked into thirty-year-old rhetoric.

The two most important allegations in the Nunes memo appear to be complete lies.

One year after his Inauguration, Donald Trump is the most unpopular new President since the invention of modern polling. However, his numbers are generally the same that they’ve been for some time now.

A new poll shows President Trump losing to a “Generic Democrat.” This poll means nothing.

As we near the end of the year, the President’s job approval numbers remain at historically low levels, and there’s no sign that they’ll improve in 2018.