After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

“We have an opportunity here today to do something that the public has wanted us to do for decades, and that is to ban ...

The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police ...

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been ...

"Act of Congress" doesn't cover what happened after the law's enactment. In large part because of the ongoing, messy aftermath, many students of finance don't see Dodd-Frank as much of a triumph ...

The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.

While the congressional stock trading question has played out on Capitol Hill for years, the debate saw some renewed momentum this week. A bill sponsored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has cleared the ...

The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare ...

The Congressional Review Act enables Congress to review the work of the administrative state and, together with the President, expeditiously consider and reject any rule that an agency adopts ...

New law prohibits unsolicited sale of mortgage applicant data by credit bureaus Homebuyers often bombarded by predatory ...

Congress has taken an historic step toward regulating cryptocurrency, with the House passing the GENIUS Act following days of political drama. This bill is the first major crypto legislation ever ...