Trump Keeps Threatening to Revoke DC's Home Rule. Can He Do it?
Donald Trump this week threatened to take over D.C. — again — which could mean getting rid of home rule. Which got us thinking: Do a lot of people, including Trump, even know what home rule is? And, how easy is it to overturn? We talked to Howard University’s Robinson Woodward-Burns and asked all the questions you might have.
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