President Donald Trump repeated his threat to take over the District of Columbia government, which operates independently under home rule. Trump again threatened a federal takeover of Washington after ...

President Donald Trump invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to take control of the district’s police department for up to 30 days. After 30 days, the emergency takeover ...

WASHINGTON — D.C.'s law that lets it govern itself has been in the news a lot this week, with President Donald Trump federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday by invoking section 740 ...

President Trump is deploying the D.C. National Guard and taking temporary control of the city's police force, marking a significant escalation in his long-running threats to federalize the nation's ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. councilmembers are condemning more than a dozen bills introduced by Republican lawmakers that take aim at D.C. Home Rule. In a letter sent to GOP congressmembers James ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — County commissioners supporting the home rule said that after the charter was voted down, they still will put forth efforts to make it happen in the future. It’s ...

Vero Beach ex-mayor Robbie Brackett's House Bill 105 would threaten to "dismantle local government authority across our state ...

President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department will temporarily reduce the district’s autonomy. Trump can more easily take over the Metropolitan Police Department than he ...

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long as the District of Columbia itself History of Now Meilan ...