The president's plan to promote public safety by deploying troops in cities across the country is hard to reconcile with constitutional constraints on federal authority.
A federal grand jury reportedly refused to indict Sean Dunn for hurling a hoagie at a federal law enforcement officer.
The use of government force to achieve political advantage is dangerous and sets a bad precedent.
Turning the National Guard into a nationwide police force betrays the Founders’ vision and erodes the freedoms that make the U.S. exceptional.
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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.
Checkpoints for general crime control are illegal and smack of a police state.
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Local government incompetence has crippled the city's criminal justice system.
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.
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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.
Between 2006 and 2013, gun violence increased by 150 percent in the city when juvenile curfews were in effect.
Voters overwhelmingly supported Initiative 83, but Democratic lawmakers have been hesitant to adopt it.
Helping servers takes more than a temporary tip tax break.
“There's no such thing as a free stadium,” says J.C. Bradbury. “You can't just pull revenue out of thin air.”
America’s founders were deeply suspicious of a standing army.
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.
Martin is a bully and a menace to free speech. Unfortunately for him, his own free speech caught up with him.
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Shahzaad Ausman has had to sue the county to confirm that he can continue to live in his own home.
The D.C. Superior Court is fining Empower CEO Joshua Sear $5,000 for every day he keeps his ride reservation software operational in the city.
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.
City code protects incumbent transportation services by outlawing independent drivers.
The tug-of-war over what role the government should play in regulating compensation for tipped workers has subverted typical partisan lines.
Whether you're facing existential dread about this election's outcome or just hoping that we at least know the outcome before the week is over, cannabis can be a welcome stress reliever.
Escape the election madness with a shared platter of Ethiopian food and a side of togetherness.
Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews.
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There are any number of reasons to support or oppose a switch to ranked choice voting, but most of the opposition comes from the majority parties.
The New Right talks a big populist game, but their policies hurt the people they're supposed to help.
Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant.
Researchers examined garbage placed in public receptacles in Washington, D.C., and New York City and found that the locales’ bans on flavored tobacco products have unquestionably failed.
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.
Bans have resulted in what some have called the "whitewashing" of American juries.
Total spending under Trump nearly doubled. New programs filled Washington with more bureaucrats.
When schools get rid of advanced offerings, they hurt smart, underprivileged students.
The freedom to protest is essential to the American project. It also does not give you carte blanche to violate other laws.
The political push behind the law was well-meaning. But it will backfire on many prospective renters.
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Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
Washington Post reporter Ben Terris offers a fair treatment to both conservative and liberal activists in the Trump era.
