The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare ...

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

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President Trump said the White House will seek "long-term extensions" from Congress to maintain federal control of the D.C.

President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National ...

As the president signals a willingness to circumvent Congress, the question is what Republicans would do. The answer is, “Not ...

Congress rarely uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove of federal agency rules. When it does, reporters call the CRA “obscure” and argue Congress is “pushing the bounds of a little-known ...

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

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen believes his Republican colleagues will not allow President Donald Trump to keep the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control indefinitely. Van Hollen ...

There's still a lot of work to be done on the floor in September. I'd like to see some hybrid consensus ideas go through,” Tim Brennan said.

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been ...

It’s been a summer full of Trump’s overreach. Our round table convenes to discuss.