The president signed an executive order on Monday establishing specialized units within the National Guard to support federal law enforcement in American cities.
The use of government force to achieve political advantage is dangerous and sets a bad precedent.
Donald Trump is no stranger to wasteful spending. But these examples are especially egregious.
The Washington Post columnist joins the show to discuss crime in D.C. and Trump's deployment of federal troops.
The president ordering federal agents onto the street is not how routine policing should work, even in the nation's capital.
And a lot of those were for drug possession, gun possession, and other minor offenses.
Building our way to affordable cities does not require a government-led "post-neoliberal" approach to housing development.
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A video by the White House corroborates that account, calling into question just how serious the president is about actually addressing crime.
The latest escalation in the showdown between the Trump administration and D.C. elected officials
Checkpoints for general crime control are illegal and smack of a police state.
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Despite an apparent drop in the city’s violent crime, President Donald Trump announced a “public safety emergency” in D.C., deploying 800 of the city’s National Guard and over 450 federal law enforcement officers.
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A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.
If Trump kills the deal over the team changing its name, he'd be doing the right thing but in perhaps the most corrupt possible way.
Voters overwhelmingly supported Initiative 83, but Democratic lawmakers have been hesitant to adopt it.
Helping servers takes more than a temporary tip tax break.
The law that was supposed to boost their wealth has left most of them poorer instead.
The issue has long polarized a city that is dominated by liberal and progressive politics and politicians, some of whom have confronted that good intentions do not equal good outcomes here.
The "In Slavery's Wake" exhibit celebrates black Americans' resistance to slavery and Jim Crow.
The law school's dean rejected the letter, arguing the First Amendment "guarantees that the government cannot direct what Georgetown and its faculty teach and how to teach it."
D.C.'s bureaucracy violates independent drivers' economic liberty.
There's still a lot we don't know and initial speculation from the media and the president about the causes of Wednesday's disaster appear off-base.
A local government gave ownership of Kevin Fair's Nebraska house—and all of its value—to a private investor, in a practice known as home equity theft.
Our capital's brutalist architecture is on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
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The tug-of-war over what role the government should play in regulating compensation for tipped workers has subverted typical partisan lines.
"The more you tell people they can't have something, the more they want it."
Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews.
Plus: Massachusetts NIMBYs get their day in court, Pittsburgh one-step forward, two-steps back approach to zoning reform, and a surprisingly housing-heavy VP debate.
Many circuit courts have said that law enforcement can hold your property for as long as they want. D.C.’s high court decided last week that’s unconstitutional.
The New Right talks a big populist game, but their policies hurt the people they're supposed to help.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant.
Chevron deference, a doctrine created by the Court in 1984, gives federal agencies wide latitude in interpreting the meaning of various laws. But the justices may overturn that.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
The transit authority was sued after rejecting an ad that directed viewers to go to a website "to find out about the faith of our founders."
Bans have resulted in what some have called the "whitewashing" of American juries.
D.C.'s new degree requirements could lead to job losses, increased operating costs, and higher tuition.
Total spending under Trump nearly doubled. New programs filled Washington with more bureaucrats.
In data from over 200 cities, homicides are down a little over 19 percent when compared to a similar time frame in 2023.
The areas where you need FAA approval to fly a model plane or drone are surprisingly large.
Peter Moskos, criminal justice professor and former Baltimore police officer, discusses ways to reform policing and turn failing cities around on the latest Just Asking Questions podcast.
