Catherine Rampell

US President Donald Trump speaks as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2019, for meetings at Camp David. - President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, which has forced a shutdown of the US government now entering its third week."We have to build the wall," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for the Camp David presidential retreat, while conceding that the barrier could be "steel instead of concrete." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

If we’re going to waste billions on a wall, let those billions be Trump’s

January 6, 2019 at 5:24 p.m.

President Trump wants a wall. Democratic lawmakers don't want to pay for it.

Trump did what he always does and changed his mind. Why was Congress surprised?

December 30, 2018 at 9:55 p.m.

The only way to deal with Donald Trump is to not do deals with Donald Trump. The private sector has learned this; when will Congress?

President Donald Trump displays the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package he had just signed, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump touted the size of the tax cut, declaring to reporters in the Oval Office before he signed it Friday that "the numbers will speak." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Has the GOP tax cut delivered? The numbers suggest otherwise

December 23, 2018 at 3:42 p.m.

Happy first birthday, GOP tax cuts.

U.S. policy, culture deterring international students

December 16, 2018 at 4:11 p.m.

One of America's most successful exports is in trouble.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands as they arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Rampell: Trump loves big deals. But let’s not hold our breath for one with China at the G-20.

December 2, 2018 at 3:48 p.m.

President Donald Trump loves making big deals. At least he loves saying he's making big deals, regardless of whether there is any meaningful deal there at all.

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, a supporter of Initiative 1631 holds a sign referencing the Nisqually Indian Tribe during a rally supporting the Washington state November ballot measure that would charge a fee on carbon emissions from fossil fuels, in Lacey, Wash. Money has poured into the state for the campaign against I-1631, mostly from oil companies. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, it was announced that voters had rejected the nation's first tax on carbon emissions in the costliest initiative fight in state history. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

The Evergreen State rejected the Green Wave

November 18, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.

The Evergreen State rejected the Green Wave last week. But there may yet be hope for it to one day wash ashore.

In this file photo taken on April 25, 2018 US Attorney General Jeff Sessions waits for a hearing of the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies as Matthew G. Whitaker (L), Chief of Staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions looks on Capitol Hill April 25, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Rampell: Matthew Whitaker has experience advising con artists

November 12, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Many assume Matthew G. Whitaker was chosen as acting attorney general because he criticized the Russia probe, said he would have indicted Hillary Clinton and otherwise looks like a die-hard...

Migrants from poor Central American countries -mostly Hondurans- moving towards the United States in hopes of a better life or to escape violence head to a shelter after arriving in Puebla, Mexico, on November 4, 2018. - US President Donald Trump has ordered regular army troops to the US-Mexican border as a caravan of a few thousand impoverished migrants slowly marches toward the boundary. (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP)GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images

Republicans’ closing argument: Be afraid, be very afraid

November 4, 2018 at 9:53 p.m.

Immigrants are coming for your children and lake houses. Socialists are coming for your Medicare (huh?). Black football players are coming for your flag. And now the Democrats are coming...

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: Traders and financial professionals work at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), October 12, 2018 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped over 400 points at Friday's open, following two days of steep losses. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

抖阴ap: Trump’s arm-twisting of the Fed is what’s truly “loco”

October 14, 2018 at 4:15 p.m.

President Trump keeps saying that Democrats want to model the United States on Venezuela. But the only one actually trying to turn us into Venezuela is Trump.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 23, 2018 US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. - US President Donald Trump on October 3, 2018 shrugged off a New York Times investigation that concluded he made his fortune with the help of more than $400 million from his parents, partly through tax schemes, as a boring, often-told "hit piece."Trump has often boasted that he built a multi-billion dollar real estate empire from a small loan from his father, Fred, himself a prominent New York builder. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Rampell: Duh, we need to see Trump’s tax returns. But that’s just the first step.

October 7, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

Everyone is shocked -- shocked -- to learn that President Donald Trump amassed his fortune not by the sweat of his brow, but rather the old-fashioned way: choosing the right...

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