Republican Bill to Repeal DC Home Rule Back in Spotlight After DOGE Staffer Assaulted

Congressional Republicans have renewed calls to roll back Washington, D.C.’s legal self-governance following an assault that left a prominent staffer for the Trump administration’s U.S Department of Government Efficiency injured.

The renewed focus on D.C.’s home rule follows a weekend attack on Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old DOGE staffer better known by his online alias “Big Balls.”

“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore,” wrote Trump [on Truth Social].