The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

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

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is trying to keep the Trump administration at bay while refusing to budge on one ...

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

GOP lawmakers in Congress are proposing treating the city like a federal agency in their latest spending bill.

A proposed bill to repeal Washington, D.C.’s self-governing status signaled concerns for Georgetown University students and ...

The District of Columbia could face a $1 billion budget shortfall after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution ...

President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind congressional efforts for a federal takeover of the nation’s capital, saying he approves putting the District of Columbia back under direct ...

WASHINGTON (7News ... Several GOP congressional members also proposed legislation to revoke Home Rule. However, DC officials noted that crimes, especially violent ones, saw a decrease in ...

Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. neighbors have ... when Congress passed the Home Rule Act. It instated the mayoral office, the DC Council, the attorney general, and other measures to establish a local government.