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The Home Rule Act formed the roles of the city council and the mayor, and allowed D.C. to have some autonomy and pass its own ...
Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been ...
The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police force.
House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced legislation that would end the Trump administration’s control of Washington’s ...
President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an attempt to fight crime. “Our capital city has been ...
The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.
Calif., bans members of Congress and their spouses from trading and holding stocks. Pelosi, former Speaker of the House, has been criticized ...