Outside the Beltway

Much of what Donald Trump has claimed about how he built his fortune is a lie, and at least part of it originated in his father’s shady efforts to evade taxes.

Another day, another plea agreement in the Mueller investigation. This one could prove to be problematic for the President.

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

Some activists on the left are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. While that may be a great sound bite, it doesn’t really accomplish anything.

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.

Don’t look for a Trump agenda for the rest of the year. It doesn’t exist.

Whoops.

Get a will, people.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

In addition to deadlines on the Federal Budget and DACA, Congress also has to deal with the debt ceiling at some point in the next month.

As the Federal Government shutdown moves into the work week, there are some rumors of a possible deal, but nothing concrete and the lack of trust between the two parties could make a deal hard to achieve.

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Robert Mueller seems to be getting closer to the President, and the Administration is responding by seeking to undermine his investigation.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

The man who was brought in to clean up the I.R.S. after the alleged targeting scandal became public is facing censure and possible impeachment. Proving that there really is such a thing as a thankless job.

With only a handful of opposition, Paul Ryan was easily elected the 62nd Speaker of the House.

The House Committee investigating the IRS targeting scandal will consider impeaching the I.R.S. Commissioner over issues that are, at beast, only tangentially related to the scandal itself.

The Department of Justice has informed Congress that its investigation has found no basis for criminal charges arising out of the targeting of conservative organizations by IRS officials evaluating applications for tax-exempt status.

The era of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act is over.

Lee Siegel takes to the NYT to explain “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.”

The N.F.L.’s league office is giving up its tax exempt status, but that means far less than the headline implies.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

Senate Republicans are working on legislation to fix the PPACA’s subsidies if the Supreme Court rules against the Federal Government in June.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

Five years after it became law, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over.

The Justice Department will not pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner because it has determined that she did not waive her rights under the Fifth Amendment.

Once again, the Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

The House voted to repeal the PPACA for the 56th time, but it’s clear that this vote will end up being a pointless as all the others.

As expected, the Senate passed the so-called “Cromnibus,” but not before a self-aggrandizing maneuver by Ted Cruz ended up being exploited by Democrats to pass outstanding nominations.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a case that could completely gut the financial structure of the Affordable Care Act.

A Federal Judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Tea Party groups over the IRS targeting scandal.

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

Contradictory rulings from two Federal Courts of Appeal show that statutory construction isn’t a simple thing.

A case pending in Federal Court in Washington, D.C. could pose new legal problems for the Affordable Care Act

However you feel about the Redskins name, the decision to retroactively repeal their trademarks is troubling on many levels.

Yet more adventures in bad records retention policy at the IRS.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

All of a sudden, the IRS announced it doesn’t have communications records it once claimed it did have.

Our tax system is so complicated that whether we’re filing our returns correctly is a known unknown.

Despite the fact that she asserted her right against self-incrimination, a House Committee has voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to testify.