Amid Republican Crackdown on D.C., City Leaders to Testify

Washington’s mayor and other local officials will be grilled by members of a House committee seeking to expand federal control over the city.

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D.C. Sues Trump Administration Over Deployment of National Guard

The city is challenging the federal government’s authority to send troops into the city for what the president has called a “public safety emergency.”

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Trump Is Testing D.C.’s Home Rule. What Is It?

The city’s limited self-governance has set the stage for the president’s police takeover.

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DC Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Federal Takeover of City’s Police

The suit argues that the move to federalize the city’s Police Department was a “brazen usurpation of the district’s authority” that exceeded the president’s authority.

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D.C. Mayor Calls Trump’s Police Takeover ‘Unsettling’ but Promises Cooperation

Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, seemed resigned to President Trump’s announced takeover of local police, telling reporters that the city’s home rule charter gave him the right to do so.

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Amazon Sued Over Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas

The District of Columbia’s attorney general said the company deliberately outsourced Prime member deliveries in certain ZIP codes.

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