It remains unclear if the executive branch can remove D.C.'s legally elected representatives without congressional approval.

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital challenged President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on ...

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb will give remarks following the first court hearing into the district’s lawsuit against the Trump administration amid President Trump’s federal ...