Welcome to the beat. I'm Katie Fang in for Ari Melburgh. We start with breaking news, years in the making.

The Supreme Court rejecting Trump's bid to stop Congress from getting his tax returns and other financial records.

For three years, Trump has been fighting battle after battle in the court system to prevent the House Ways and

Means Committee from obtaining these documents. And here it is. Take a look. The order from the

United States Supreme Court. A pending case is now closed. The court very blunt on Trump's stay

request. It's denied. It's not signed.

There's no dissents.

The Treasury Department will hand over those tax returns.

You know, Trump broke precedent by not disclosing his tax returns when he was running for president.

And even before Congress wanted those tax returns, the man had excuses.

I would love to give them, but I'm not going to do it while I'm under audit.

You don't learn anything from a tax return.

I will release my tax returns against my lawyer's wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails.

They're under audit. They have been for a long emails. They're under audit.

They have been for a long time.

They're extremely complex.

People wouldn't understand him.

Excuse after excuse there.

Here's a quick fact check for you.

No law prevents someone from releasing their taxes while under audit.

The chief lawyer for the House urged the Supreme Court not to intervene,

pointing to a new Congress in January. Any further delay would leave the committee and Congress

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