The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police force.

"Instead of commandeering the local police and deploying the military to the City’s streets, Donald Trump should give D.C.

President Trump on Monday announced plans to deploy some 800 members of the Washington, D.C. National Guard to the nation’s capital as part of his administration’s effort to crack down ...

President Donald Trump included Baltimore on a short list of Democratic-led cities he cast as crime-ridden, on the same day ...

The Maryland senator has emerged as an outspoken critic of Israel in the Senate. A presidential campaign would give him a ...

Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, seemed resigned to President Trump’s announced takeover of local police, telling ...

Senator Van Hollen and Del. Norton fight Trump's control over DC police, seeking to restore local authority and curb authoritarian overreach.

Numerous political figures, including Newsom, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and more, have ...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) accused President Trump of a “raw authoritarian power grab” after the president moved to ...

Trump mentioned New York, Baltimore, and Oakland as other cities where he wants to put the police under federal control.

President Donald Trump announced he is placing the Washington, DC, police department “under direct federal control” and deploying National Guard troops to the nation’s capital, saying the move is ...