The District of Columbia could face a $1 billion budget shortfall after House Republicans introduced a continuing resolution ...

Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has proposed that the District of Columbia retrocede into Maryland. District officials have argued for ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The question of DC statehood is once again up for debate, not that anyone is taking it too seriously. This time it was provoked by ...

Washington D.C. used to belong to its two neighbors — Maryland and Virginia — until the land was ceded by the states in 1790 ...

Some have floated the idea that D.C. should become a city in Maryland. And while it may be something to think about, it will ...

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is trying to keep the Trump administration at bay while refusing to budge on one issue: home rule and statehood for Washington, D.C. Since President ...

Repeating a campaign promise and a relatively new aim of some Republicans, Trump has said the federal government should take over Washington, DC which has had a limited system of “home rule ...

And in 2016, an overwhelming majority of residents — 86 percent — voted in favor of statehood for the District of Columbia. “Just like you, we raise our families, pay our taxes, serve on ...

Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has proposed that the District of Columbia retrocede into Maryland. District officials have argued for statehood for decades, with lobbying reaching a fever pitch during the ...