Washington, DC's limited autonomy faces renewed scrutiny amid President Donald Trump’s push to take over the district - ...

A U.S. president has the authority to not spend (or impound) funds provided by Congress, but a legal procedure must be ...

Nancy Mace came under fire for posting a painting where Donald Trump is seated with controversial former president, Richard ...

Over the weekend, the Trump administration began the process of defanging the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act — a ...

President Richard M. Nixon used the ... Treasury Secretary George Shultz told the Washington press corps in October 1972. That election season, Nixon pledged to keep the federal budget under ...

The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., introduced its two ... In 1972, President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon made a historic trip to China. Shortly after, China gifted two giant pandas ...

This is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons. Burns fights it, then capitulates, and it lays the foundation for later inflation.

‘Home rule’ refers to the law signed in 1973 by President Richard Nixon, which created a local government for Washington, D.C ...

Trump is now the Kennedy Center's board chairman, giving him control over a beloved arts institution that regularly interacts with Hollywood ...