Outside the Beltway

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’d like to stay on the Court at least until she turns 90, but it’s unlikely she’ll go anywhere voluntarily as long as Donald Trump is President.

President Trump is suggesting he may force a government shutdown over his immigration policies just a month before the midterm elections.

Senate Democrats appear to be recognizing that there’s basically nothing they can do to stop the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

One of the most prominent members of the American Catholic hierarchy has been removed from office in the face of mounting allegations of sexual abuse that stretch back decades.

President Trump and the President of the European Commission announced an agreement late yesterday on trade issues, but it’s long on promises and short on results.

A new recording of a conversation between Donald Trump and his one-time attorney/”fixer” Michael Cohen appears to put the President in a more difficult position than he has already been in.

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

Based on what can only be described as pure vindictiveness, the President is apparently planning on revoking security clearances of former officials who have been outspoken against the Administration and its policies.

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.

To the surprise of nobody other than, apparently, the President of the United States, the North Koreans are dragging their feet after getting what they wanted out of the Photo Op Summit in Singapore.

Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, is rejecting calls that he should resign in the wake of what everyone seems to agree was a disastrous summit meeting with Vladimir Putin.

We still don’t know what President Trump and Vladimir Putin talked about or agreed to during their two-hour meeting on Monday.

More evidence that the politics of the moment aren’t just about illegal immigration.

One day after an embarrassing performance at the Helsinki Summit, President Trump an absurd, completely unbelieve walk back of things the entire world heard him say loud and clear.

President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin was an even bigger disaster than anticipated.

The Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued indictments against twelve Russian intelligence officials for election-related hacking, and in the process has shown most of the arguments made by the President and his surrogates regarding the Russia investigation are nonsense.

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

A new poll finds that most Americans oppose key elements of the immigration policies that the President and Republicans in Congress support.

Some considerations on the politics of Roe v. Wade.

A man who had been identified as an assailant at last year’s Charlottesville rally and apparent member of a white supremacist organization has been dismissed by defense contractor Northrop Grumman.

Democrats are rallying around the “Abolish ICE” slogan in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them.

America promised immigrants who volunteered to serve in our military a fast track to citizenship. Now, we’re throwing them out.

After months of allegations regarding improper use of taxpayer dollars and the use of agency resources and personnel for personal needs, he is finally out.

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

With Justice Kennedy retiring, the new center of the Roberts Court is likely to be the Chief Justice himself.

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

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

More evidence that North Korea isn’t living up to the promises it made in Singapore.

The calls to “Abolish ICE” are spreading to potential candidates for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist from the left, rode a wave of populism and public disdain for the outgoing President to a landslide win in Mexico

Trump’s deal-making prowess in NK and Iran isn’t too impressive.

The Federal Government is hoarding an awful lot of cheese.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

The Presidents of the United States and Russia will meet next month and there’s reason to worry about what Trump might give away.

After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.

Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?

Was one of the pioneering African-American entertainers a “house Negro”?

A pioneer woman born in 1867 depicted American Indians and African-Americans in ways that are cringe-worthy today.

A controversial name is disappearing from one small stretch of road.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

The crying Honduran girl who has become a symbol of a brutal policy actually is not one of its victims.

Either the President of the United States is a knowing liar or he is very easily duped. Neither is a comforting thought.

The odds of an immigration bill passing the House were already low. This morning, President Trump pretty much guaranteed failure.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

Overruling precedent dating back 51 years, the Court has ruled that states can require businesses that sell to residents within their state collect and remit appropriate sales taxes.