Outside the Beltway

An interesting but rather misleading report from a Biden Treasury official.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

For now, at least, it can shift millions of its earnings to Luxembourg.

An interesting proposal to improve tax collection.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

Should we question the timing?

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a New York State law that would allow Congress to obtain copies of his state tax returns.

As expected, the House Ways & Means Committee is suing Treasury Secretary Mnuchin over his refusal to provide the committee with copies of the President’s tax returns.

The Justice Department has released a memo attempting to justify the Administration’s refusal to comply with a subpoena for the President;’s tax returns. Their argument is weak to say the least.

Michael Avenatti, the former attorney for Stormy Daniels who briefly flirted with the idea of running for President, has been charged with multiple counts of fraud and other charges, some of them in connection with his representation of Daniels herself.

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.

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.

Yet another candidate joins an already crowded field for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

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 New York Times has obtained about ten years worth of Donald Trump’s tax returns from the late eighties to early nineties. They don’t tell us much that we didn’t already know.

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.

The IRS is outgunned.

When it comes to Herman Cain’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board, the answer is officially Nein, Nein, Nein!

The White House appears to be preparing for the worst when it comes to the nominations of Herman Cain and Stephen Moore to the Federal Reserve Board.

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

The law is not on the President’s side.

The business of the news is business–and it’s a weird business.

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

In a deal that can only be described as a cave by the President, the government shutdown is on course to be ended by the end of the day today.

If you’re looking for the biggest obstacle to a resolution to the government shutdown, look no further than President Donald J. Trump.

The government shutdown has now entered historic territory, and the Trump Administration is moving closer to a “national emergency” or other extra-legal means to get money for his wall.

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.

President Trump is making clear that he doesn’t care how his shutdown is impacting Federal workers.

As the shutdown continues, there’s little sign of progress on either end of Pennsylvania Avenue.

As the shutdown drags on, the President is digging in his heels even further.

The longer the shutdown goes on, the wider its impact is likely to become.

Under fire from the New York Attorney General, Donald Trump’s questionable charitable foundation is shutting down.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the Trump Inaugural Committee, adding to the long list of the President’s legal troubles.

Paul Manafort finds himself in new legal trouble after Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused him of lying after entering a plea agreement.

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.