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It's been a summer of booming business at President Trump's Washington, D.C., hotel: a sweet season enhanced by the spending of foreign diplomats and lobbyists. But now a watchdog group and the ...

Zack Smith is a Senior Legal Fellow and Manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in the Institute for Constitutional Government at The Heritage Foundation. A group of foreign ...

The emoluments clause became a trending topic over the past week. White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announced Thursday that next year's Group of Seven economic meeting, commonly referred to as ...

Is President Trump violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution, as some people claim or suggest? The reference is to the last clause in Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, which reads: ...

Ethics watchdogs are preparing for their lawsuit alleging President Trump is violating the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause. But this... Lawsuit Against Trump Starts The Battle To Define ...

A group of foreign dignitaries walk into a hotel bar. They buy drinks, have dinner, and stay the night. No, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. Seriously: Do these bland acts violate the ...

The word — at the heart of a suit about the Trump D.C. hotel — now seems obscure and technical. It was more common, and had a more general... It's been a summer of booming business at President ...