10 things you need to know today: August 7, 2019

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1. Trump sues over California law requiring candidates' tax returns

President Trump on Tuesday sued California over its law requiring presidential primary candidates to release their tax returns or lose their spot on the ballot. "The issue of whether the president should release his federal tax returns was litigated in the 2016 election and the American people spoke," Jay Sekulow, an attorney for Trump, said in a statement. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who frequently clashes with Trump, signed the bill last week. The state and national Republican parties also filed lawsuits, accusing California of overstepping its constitutional authority by trying to impose such a demand on presidential candidates, calling the law "a naked political attack against the sitting president of the United States."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.