Trump Is Testing D.C.’s Home Rule. What Is It? NYT | Top Stories By: Emily Badger 16 August 2025 at 08:17 The city’s limited self-governance has set the stage for the president’s police takeover. © Eric Lee for The New York TimesThe District of Columbia was granted a form of self-governance in 1973, but the federal government retained considerable oversight of the city.
How Can the Government ‘Take Back’ a City It Largely Controls? NYT | Top Stories By: Emily Badger and Amy Fan 15 August 2025 at 01:59 President Trump and his allies have berated Washington, D.C., officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those officials to manage the capital.
Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment: What to Know NYT | Top Stories By: Chris Cameron 14 August 2025 at 10:11 President Trump is the first president to use a declared emergency to wrest control of Washington, D.C.’s police force. © Alex Kent for The New York TimesNational Guard members on patrol around the Washington Monument on Tuesday.
China Wages War on Chikungunya Virus With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes’ NYT | China By: Lily Kuo and Joy Dong 5 August 2025 at 23:41 In a citywide campaign to curb a mosquito-borne virus, residents of Foshan face inspections and warnings for failure to comply.
Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building. NYT | China By: Vivian Wang and Andrea Verdelli 19 July 2025 at 12:01 Defying demolition orders, a Chinese man turned his home into a rickety 11-story tower. Now tourists are coming.
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