News & Politics Could Trump Actually Take Over DC? It would be difficult, but not impossible, to overturn Home Rule in the capital. Donald J. Trump, Home RuleAugust 6, 2025
News & Politics Muriel Bowser Defends Her BLM Plaza Decision and Looks Back on a Decade as Mayor A candid Q&A with DC’s top official. Black Lives Matter Plaza, Home Rule, I.Q., Muriel BowserJuly 8, 2025
News & Politics Could Trump’s Second Term Spell the End of Home Rule in DC? Local pols worry that GOP control of Capitol Hill could be disastrous for District self-governance. Congress, DC Government, Donald Trump, Home RuleNovember 7, 2024
News & Politics A History of Congress Messing With DC 50 years of home rule—and federal meddling. Capital Comment, Home RuleNovember 8, 2023
News & Politics The New Bill to Repeal DC Home Rule Is One Sentence Long Did legislation that could undo decades of local self-governance take even five minutes to write? Bill, Congress, Home RuleAugust 24, 2023
News & Politics Texas Congressman Wants to Prevent DC From Instituting a Vaccine Mandate Pat Fallon's bill would prohibit the District from doing something it has shown no appetite for. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Home Rule, Pat FallonAugust 18, 2021
News & Politics Want to Know More About Your City? Two recent books offer insight into DC’s complex history. African American History, Books, DC History, H StreetMarch 13, 2020
News & Politics A New Book Examines Black Political Power in Pre-Home Rule DC Lauren Pearlman's "Democracy's Capital" is out November 25. Civil Rights, DC Statehood, Home Rule, Lauren PearlmanNovember 21, 2019
News & Politics | Real Estate | Shopping Home Rule’s Owner Talks 14th Street’s Changing Landscape and Saying Goodbye After 20 years, the 14th Street home goods store will close March 31. 14th Street, home goods, Home RuleMarch 4, 2019
A History of Congress Messing With DC