DC Mayor Responds To Trump Crackdown By Calling For Statehood

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for statehood for the District of Columbia Monday after President Donald Trump announced measures to address crime in the nation’s capital. Trump announced the deployment of the…

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