Tag: Washington DC

Federal court finds the president “acted contrary to law” after sending thousands of troops to patrol the capital amid falling crime rates.

In a speech to nearly 800 generals at Quantico, Trump described journalists as “sleazebags,” called Democratic-run cities “unsafe,” and urged troops to use them as “training grounds.”

Democrats decry a “manufactured crisis” as the White House touts a post-DC crackdown and eyes Chicago, despite data showing declining violent crime.

District leaders warn of unprecedented assault on home rule as lawsuit seeks to block federal seizure of MPD.

Fossil fuel defendants in climate liability lawsuits keep losing in their bids to keep cases in federal courts.

“We’re saying across this country, it’s time for people... to march on these Senate offices,” declared Rev. William Barber.

For the left, controversy in the organization and lead-up to rallies and marches isn't new – but this was something else.

Clean energy growth was under way long before Trump's ascendance, and will continue long afterward.

How did this happen?

Several other cities have passed minimum wage laws, promising to have a minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2020 or 2021.