Washington — A Democratic-led US House of Representatives panel on Tuesday filed a long-awaited lawsuit in federal court to demand President Donald Trump’s individual and business tax returns.

The House Ways and Means Committee filed the lawsuit against the US treasury department and Internal Revenue Service after treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin refused a legal request for the records and defied two congressional subpoenas seeking the returns...

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