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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Calif., bans members of Congress and their spouses from trading and holding stocks. Pelosi, former Speaker of the House, has been criticized ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic ...

New law prohibits unsolicited sale of mortgage applicant data by credit bureaus Homebuyers often bombarded by predatory ...