In a significant legal development, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against President Trump’s executive ...

The D.C. Board of Elections (BOE) will be hosting a Special Election this summer for Ward 8 Councilmember, following Trayon White’s expulsion from the D.C.

Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.

Republican lawmakers introduced a bill to strip D.C. of its governing power, but city officials want statehood instead.

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

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Rep. August Pfluger introduces bills to prevent noncitizens from voting and administering U.S. elections, aiming to protect ...

Outside the Beltway, support for D.C. statehood has always been sparse. Only 16 states ratified the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment of 1978 before it expired. It would have repealed the ...

Florida was one of several states deciding high-profile marijuana measures and was among 10 states considering amendments related to abortion or reproductive rights. Voters in several states gave ...

The District of Columbia's Voting Rights Amendment of 1978 failed to achieve the required ratification in other states. The D.C. Voting Rights Act of 2009 was unable to pass. The tide turned in ...

President Donald Trump's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally has faced the first of what will be many legal tests. It didn't fare well.

Legal precedent has long interpreted the amendment ... from exercising rights protected by law,” said Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, after three of the ...