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.

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

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

The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police ...

President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard in the city in an attempt to fight crime. “Our capital city has been ...

The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.

The Home Rule Act formed the roles of the city council and the mayor, and allowed D.C. to have some autonomy and pass its own laws. But here’s the catch — all D.C. legislation must still be approved ...

While the congressional stock trading question has played out on Capitol Hill for years, the debate saw some renewed momentum this week. A bill sponsored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has cleared the ...

"Act of Congress" doesn't cover what happened after the law's enactment. In large part because of the ongoing, messy aftermath, many students of finance don't see Dodd-Frank as much of a triumph ...

The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare ...

New law prohibits unsolicited sale of mortgage applicant data by credit bureaus Homebuyers often bombarded by predatory ...