President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind congressional efforts for a federal takeover of the nation’s capital.

The bill "to repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act" was introduced by Tennessee Republican Rep. Andrew Ogles and has six Republican cosponsors: two members from Florida and one member from ...

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

African Americans were likely proud of the nation’s capital on Jan. 8, 1867, when Congress gave Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ... But when home rule was proposed ...

(The Center Square) – Legislation has been introduced in Congress to repeal the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. have introduced ...

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is trying to keep the Trump administration at bay while refusing to budge on one issue: home rule and statehood for Washington, D.C. Since President ...

13-member DC Council In response to these demands, in 1973, Republican President Richard Nixon signed the District of Columbia Home Rule Act into law. The law established the DC Council as the ...

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump voiced his support for repealing the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act, citing crime, homelessness and “graffiti.” Trump relayed his stance ...

[AP Photo/Alex Brandon] In an interview aboard Air Force One on February 19, President Donald Trump expressed his support for a bill that would repeal “home rule” in the District of Columbia ...