President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing whether to take control of the city of Washington, DC, to help ...

It’s not clear what it would mean for the federal government to “run” D.C. Taking the comment in the most literal and obvious ...

During a cabinet meeting, Trump discussed the possibility of federal oversight in Washington, DC, and New York City to reduce ...

The White House is considering a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. in an effort to combat crime following a high-profile ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of a federal takeover of D.C. He says it will help curb crime in the District.

The federal takeover would give across-the-board control to an independent authority that typically would have the same budgetary and hiring-and-firing power that a mayor and commissioner have. 3.

President Trump said on Wednesday that the federal government should take over Washington, D.C., wading into the decades-old and divisive issue of how the nation’s capital is run.

A federal takeover of education. ... The sum was huge (the 1947 federal budget was $34.5 billion), and the 25-year horizon said that federal intervention would not be temporary.