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.

But during his speech announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees on Wednesday, Trump repeatedly floated circumventing ...

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

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

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

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 ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking ...

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