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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN35m
How the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act Enabled the Nation’s Capital to Govern Itself—With Congressional Oversight
Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been ...
The Dispatch on MSN15h
Federal Jurisdiction Over the District of Columbia, Explained
P resident Donald Trump became the first president to invoke the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to take temporary control over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., citing high crime levels that ...
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith listens during a news ...
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The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive
In Trump’s second term, backed by Republican control of both houses of Congress, Bowser has walked a public tightrope for ...
President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...
It’s very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor,” Scott said on CNN ...
Blavity on MSN2d
Trump Mobilizes National Guard, Takes Over DC Police Force Despite City’s Drop In Violent Crime
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was calling up the Washington, D.C., National Guard and assuming direct control of the city’s police force. Even as Trump claims to be fighting crime in ...
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