“No. The District of Columbia was intended to be the seat of the federal government, not a state,” one X commenter wrote Jan. 15. Some argued that the lawmaker’s focus should stay fixed on the West ...

In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won District of Columbia by a margin of 86.8 points, adding three electoral college votes to her total.

Legislation has been introduced in Congress to repeal the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. have introduced the Bringing Oversight to ...