Outside the Beltway

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.

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

President Trump has reversed the family separation policy and replaced it with a family detention policy. This is likely to lead to Court challenges.

House Republicans are supposed to vote on one or more immigration bills this week, but can’t even agree what their policy should be.

New polling shows that the Trump Administration’s family separation policy is widely unpopular, with only Republicans supporting it. That last fact, though, is why Trump is unlikely to change the policy.

Children are not political bargaining chips, but that’s exactly what this President plans to turn them into.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

The offer was made to Roger Stone.

A Trump Administration policy announced in April has resulted in roughly 2,000 children being taken from their parents at the border.

Donald Trump’s former Campaign Manager was sent to jail, a move that likely increases the pressure on him to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorial cartoonist is out after twenty-five years.

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.

The Attorney General of New York has filed a Complaint against President Trump and several members of his family alleging widespread fraud in the operation of Trump’s charitable Foundation.

Tom Nichols draws a contrast between Republican criticisms of the last president and their defense of this one.

Longstanding policy that the Justice Department defend an Act of Congress if there is “any reasonable argument” it is constitutional is being ignored.