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

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a ...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen believes his Republican colleagues won’t allow President Trump to keep the D.C., police department in ...

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.

“We have an opportunity here today to do something that the public has wanted us to do for decades, and that is to ban ...

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

The Major Richard Star Act is a bipartisan bill that would correct an injustice to combat-injured veterans by allowing them ...

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 ...

While the congressional stock trading question has played out on Capitol Hill for years, the debate saw some renewed momentum this week. A bill sponsored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has cleared the ...

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

Republicans are finally in the homestretch of passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act through Congress after months of intense negotiations and legislative work. The Senate voted 51-49 late ...

Today, Congress passed H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025. This decision "clawed back" $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.