President Trump's takeover of Washington, D.C.'s metro police department and deployment of its National Guard is controversial yet possible under the D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973.

During his private tour of the NMAAHC during his first term, President Donald Trump said it served as “a meaningful ...

One day after its capital city was set ablaze during the War of 1812, a young nation received a bit of a reprieve from, of ...

On 1814, British forces launched one of the most dramatic assaults on the United States by capturing Washington, DC. They set ...

And in the late 1980s and 1990s, D.C. claimed the title of “murder capital” of the U.S. as homicide rates hit record highs ...

President Donald Trump's rhetoric in his federal takeover of Washington police echoes that of conservative politicians going ...

The City Museum of Washington, D.C., managed by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., was a museum dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of Washington, D.C. The museum closed ...