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West Virginia defends deployment of National Guard to Washington D.C. in court to “protect nation’s capital”

West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey co-led an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ...

‘It’s a real mess’: DC courts buckling as Trump’s crime crackdown brings deluge of new cases

President Donald Trump’s plans to combat crime in Washington DC with more federal force has led to a deluge of cases flooding ...

GOP bill seeks to eliminate District commission that nominates DC court judges

Legislation that would eliminate the District of Columbia's Judicial Nomination Commission (JNC) is among the 14 D.C.-related ...

At D.C. Superior Court, a system up at all hours under Trump’s order

An increase in arrests under President Trump’s federalization of the city has led to a strain on D.C. courts, organizers say.

House lawmakers to vote on 2 additional bills limiting DC's autonomy

The U.S. House will take up the DC Judicial Nominations Act and the DC Policing Protections Act. WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are set to debate two bills Wednesday that could significantly alter Washington, ...

DC leaders to testify on crime before House Oversight Committee

Mayor Muriel Bowser, Attorney General Brian Schwalb, and DC Council chair Phil Mendelson will all testify before the House ...

Prosecutors already have dropped nearly a dozen cases from Trump's DC crime surge, judge says

President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital has led to federal charges against more than 50 ...