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 national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

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

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

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 Home Rule Act formed the roles of the city council and the mayor, and allowed D.C. to have some autonomy and pass its own laws. But here’s the catch — all D.C. legislation must still be approved ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

And Congress passed the 1870 Enforcement Act to enforce the provision. In 1872, Congress passed the Amnesty Act, which removed the prohibition for most ex-Confederates.