Outside the Beltway

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

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

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin punted once again on the question of replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, making clear that any change that does occur won’t happen until after Donald Trump is out of office.

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

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has informed Congress that he will not comply with a subpoena seeking the President’s tax returns, meaning that we’re headed for a court battle.

The Trump Administration is proposing another round of tariffs on even more Chinese goods.

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 is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

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.

Later this week, the House Judiciary Committee will vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, but it most likely won’t go anywhere.

New poll numbers suggest that Congressional Democrats need to be careful about how aggressively they pursue their investigations of the Trump White House.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

Despite seemingly ideal conditions, Green Mountain Care was an absolute debacle.

The United States agreed to pay North Korea $2 million for “medical treatment” for Otto Warmbier. Did the Trump Administration actually pay the bill? They aren’t saying.

Strategic move or pointless provocation?

The law is not on the President’s side.

The lawsuits against President Trump’s “national emergency” have begun. Except more.

President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

President Trump stormed out of a meeting with Congressional leaders as the shutdown drags on with no end in sight.

As the shutdown drags on, Republicans are beginning to fear that members in the House and Senate may begin to fall away from supporting the President.

With the economy appearing to sour, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is quickly becoming the President’s latest target of criticism.

Hours before the House was set to vote on a temporary funding bill for the government, President Trump has apparently changed his mind.