Washington D.C.’s government faces legal scrutiny over a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) hiring mandate that limits certain city jobs to graduates of HBCUs.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a bill to block federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) unless it adjusts its "bureaucratic stagnation" and renames the Metrorail.
Trump has called on Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser to eliminate the city's homeless encampments, particularly those near the State Department and the White House.
The Trump administration has initiated a significant reduction of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workforce, placing nearly the entire Washington, D.C., staff on leave.
