Advocates are wondering what Congress could do next to flex its authority over the nation’s capital, after a scramble over ...

Local leaders across the DC metro area are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the city.

With D.C.'s government governed by the Constitution and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, any Trump executive order ...

Representative ... budget. Washington’s ability to govern itself has been limited for a long time. Under a law that established “home rule” in Washington more than 50 years ago, Congress ...

Washington, D.C., which has often had a tenuous peace with the federal government when Republicans controlled Congress and ...

Washington D.C. used to belong to its two neighbors — Maryland and Virginia — until the land was ceded by the states in 1790 to form the nation’s capital. Then In 1847, the part of the city that was ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson instructed the House Sergeant of Arms to remove Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green, for disturbing President Donald Trump’s speech, Tuesday night.

Trump had just referenced his Nov. 5 election victory, when Rep. Al Green, an 11-term Democrat stood up and began calling out ...

The Democratic Women’s Caucus announced dozens of its members will wear pink during President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to ...

At Living Ward Church in Southwest D.C. Wednesday night, prayers turned into pleas as Ward 8 residents pushed for answers during a tumultuous time.