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The agreement might not solve the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biggest problem: compliance with environmental law

WASHINGTON — The House Ways and Means Committee can use a federal law to gain access to the tax returns of former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled Tuesday.

Appeals court allows the House Ways and Means Committee to get Trump’s personal tax records from the Treasury Department.

Measles, tough weeds, and a COVID hoax.

Building inspectors, historic preservationists, NIMBYs, code enforcement, and the right to make contracts.

Deciding the case might have been squarable with Article III, but not the way Court went about it.

The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs for seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, generally considered the most important court in the nation other than the Supreme Court. Childs, and the circumstances of her nomination and confirmation, provide a good tour of how…

After four years of contested litigation, the D.C. Circuit cursorily resolves the meaning of the Emoluments Clauses without any acknowledgment of contrary positions.

The committee can get some of Donald Trump’s financial records it subpoenaed from accounting firm Mazars USA, an appeals court ruled Friday.

Something is wrong at the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products, and federal courts are beginning to notice.

A New York Times piece on conservative legal challenges to climate regulations characterizes the balance of the D.C. Circuit in a most unusual way.