Outside the Beltway

The criteria for the November and December debate will make it much harder for some Democrats to get on the national stage. That isn’t a bad thing.

Greg Sargent usefully lays out the basics.

The escalation has been rapid, dramatic, and warranted.

Just days before he repeatedly pressured the President of Ukraine to reopen a closed investigation involving the son of former Vice-President Biden, President Trump suspended military aid that had been authorized by Congress.

A bittersweet farewell to a newspaperman past his sell-by date.

President Trump is now admitting that he talked to the President of Ukraine about investigations of Joe Biden and his son but denies there was a quid pro quo.

The details about President Trump’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his potential 2020 rivals keep getting worse for the President.

The latest allegations about exactly what the President may have been trying to do in a phone call with a foreign leader that caught the attention of a whistleblower are becoming more serious by the day.

With election results showing his Likud Party falling short of a majority, Benjamin Netanyahu is joining his chief rival in vallsfor a unity government. Getting there would be complicated, though,

It’s still early in the election cycle but there’s plenty for the President to worry about.

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

While some 135 House Democrats have endorsed impeaching the President, most other Democrats on Capitol Hill are not supporting the idea. And neither is Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

As many expected, the initial returns from the Israeli elections are too close to call.

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.

As the Saudis continue to evaluate the impact of the weekend attack on a major oil facility, the Trump Administration tones down the anti-Iran rhetoric just a bit.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

Can the media fairly parse the statements of those running against President ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’?

Some reports are suggesting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might take on the additional role of National Security Adviser.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

She decries swanky fundraisers and big money donors while benefiting from both.

Faced with an election next week, Israel’s Prime Minister is pushing a settlement plan that would be an utter disaster.

John Bolton was not a good National Security Adviser, but the real problem with Trump Administration foreign policy comes from the man at the top.

President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.

There’s the truth, and then there’s Donald Trump’s version of the truth. The two are seldom related.

Hurricanes and corrupting truth.

The parent organization of the National Weather Service issued a statement Alabama and Dorian.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

The House of Commons handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a huge loss yesterday, throwing the short-term future of Brexit into doubt.

A wedding venue in Mississippi is citing religious beliefs in support of its decision not to allow an interracial couple to utilize their facilities.

The map shows the flaws of the Electoral College

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the latest politician to apologize for donning blackface while she was in college.

Just joking edition.

The reaction to Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament to force a hard Brexit is mostly negative, but there appears to be little that can be done to stop it.

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.

A new poll shows that most Americans want President Trump out of office, but don’t want to see the House impeach him.

A Florida jury has convicted a man involved in an argument over a parking space of manslaughter, rejecting his attempt to invoke the state’s ‘stand your ground’ law

Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Andrew Luck surprised the sports world last night by announcing an early retirement.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent three weeks of cancer treatment earlier this summer. The second such treatment in a year, and the fourth in the last twenty years.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

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.

Confirming the original diagnosis, Jeffrey Epstein’s death last weekend has been ruled a suicide.

President Trump wants to make a deal.