D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here’s what it looked like
Trump’s expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the…
August 2025
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Trump’s takeover ‘out of touch’ with facts on the ground, says D.C. attorney general
Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that govern their policing, even…
U.S. and China extend tariff truce deadline for another 3 months
President Trump’s executive order extends a reprieve from the threat of rising tariffs between the world’s two largest economies. (Image…
Trump taps conservative economist to lead statistics agency
President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He…
Trump talks to reporters about D.C. crime and Putin summit
President Trump took questions from reporters about his plans to boost federal law enforcement in D.C. — and his plan…