Outside the Beltway

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that will make it easier for Congress to get President Trump’s tax returns.

Detroit shows how modern technology can lead to a virtual police state.

Well, of course they are.

Another woman has accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her some 20 years ago.

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s sex offender registry violates due process protections in the state and Federal Constitutions.

Hospital phone lines are being overwhelmed.

While the scope of Federal power has expanded beyond the ken of the Framers, this is not an example.

The Supreme Court let a ruling against students opposed to a school district policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity stand.

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” has been released from prison but the war in which he was captured goes merrily along.

New York has passed a law that would allow Congress to obtain copies of the President’s New York State tax returns.

A previously confidential I.R.S. memo contradicts the Administration on the issue of providing copies of the President’s tax returns.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

The House Ways and Means Committee voted to issue a subpoena the President’s tax returns, but whether it will ever see them is unclear.

The President’s eldest son has been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding Trump campaign contacts with Russia.

The Treasury Secretary is declining to comply with a Congressional request for the President’s tax returns. Whether this is proper is a question that will have to be resolved by the courts.

A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.

A Federal Appeals Court recently found that chalking the tires of a car parked in a public place is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. It’s not at all clear that this decision is correct.

A law professor asks some interesting questions, but ultimately not the right ones.

A Federal appeals court says the traditional means of parking enforcement violates the 4th Amendment.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

The Justice Department will release a ‘lightly redacted’ version of the 400-page report at 11 Eastern.

Ending an eleven-year drought, Tiger Woods is back on top at a major tournament.

A bipartisan bill will protect the tax preparation industry at the expense of the citizenry.

The law is not on the President’s side.

Military culture is a strange beast.

The Speaker says she will reject any attempt to deliver it in a “highly classified” manner.

Cardinal George Pell, the top Catholic Cleric in Australia, has been convicted of sexually abusing boys in the 1990s.

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

While I’m sympathetic to his plight, he has no case.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 race on Sunday.

The longest-serving member of Congress in American history has passed away at the age of 92.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is reportedly considering a bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2020.

The morning show co-hosts tied the knot at a secret ceremony at the National Archives.

In news replete with irony, it’s being reported that Ivanka Trump used a private email account to communicate about government business.

The Supreme Court is set to consider whether to take a case involving employment discrimination based on gender identity.

Brett Kavanaugh is expressing some regrets over his performance last Thursday, but it’s largely far too little, far too late.

While I was originally content to let Brett Kavanaugh sail through to confirmation, I now feel compelled to oppose his nomination to be a Supreme Court Justice.

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.

Republicans intend to “plow through” on the Kavanaugh nomination even after yesterday’s hearing, but it’s not clear that they have the votes to confirm him.

Christine Blasey Ford put “two teenagers” at the party where she alleges a rape attempt occurred. Neither remembers any such party.

Your phone won’t be beeping on Thursday after all.

A significant advance for LGBT rights in the world’s most populous democracy.

The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.

A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.

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.

Former Trump lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen is reportedly ready to tell investigators that the President is lying about his knowledge regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer.

Some Democrats want to compel President Trump’s translator to testify about his private meeting with Vladimir Putin. That’s a bad idea.

The 34-year-old Facebook tycoon is now worth more than 87-year-old Warren Buffet.