U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to put Washington, D.C., under full federal control to reduce crime, ...

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. In today’s edition: Trump declares “liberation day” in the nation’s capital.

Introduction In 2016, I proposed in the Daily Yonder an Appalachian Homestead Act—a plan to redistribute land from bankrupt ...

The Home Rule Act of 1973 gave residents the power to elect a city council and mayor, though the measure still left ...

Disdain for Washington is the birthright of every American, indeed the entire English-speaking world.  In his two-volume travelogue, “North America,” English novelist Anthony Trollope described ...