Transparency

Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., ranking member on the House Ways and Means, reads over papers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on the Treasury Department's fiscal 2018 budget proposals where Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tax returns won’t save Democrats from drowning

Eddie Scarry · May 7, 2019 5:13 pm

President Donald Trump looks at his watch near the end of a campaign rally Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Trump gambles he can stall Democratic tax returns demand past 2020 election

Colin Wilhelm · May 5, 2019 4:00 am

Deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley and counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway attend a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington.

Trump will defy House Democratic tax returns deadline, White House spokesman suggests

Colin Wilhelm · April 23, 2019 3:59 pm

In this April 9, 2019, photo, Argus Leader investigative reporter Jonathan Ellis and news director Cory Myers in the newsroom in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Quest for food stamp data lands newspaper at Supreme Court

Associated Press · April 20, 2019 11:25 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on April 2, 2019. Rep. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service for the past 6 years.

Top Democrat sets new deadline for Trump's tax returns

Colin Wilhelm · April 13, 2019 1:45 pm

Pelosi: No ‘walking away’ from getting Trump tax returns, Mueller report

Susan Ferrechio · April 4, 2019 5:13 pm

Mueller in full

Washington Examiner · March 26, 2019 5:39 am

Trump signs college transparency and free speech order

Steven Nelson · March 21, 2019 4:22 pm

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic candidates Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Miami.

Beltway Confidential

Obama should not ditch physical documents at his presidential library

Erin Dunne · February 24, 2019 12:20 pm

House rules

Jamie Dettmer · February 8, 2019 5:00 am

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Trump signs ‘transformative’ transparency law

Steven Nelson · January 25, 2019 5:00 am

Patrick Shanahan, acting defense secretary, sits during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

National Security

Trump wants to muzzle Pentagon watchdog to keep enemies in the dark

Jamie McIntyre · January 3, 2019 3:39 pm