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Home rule gave D.C. residents the power to elect a mayor, a District of Columbia Council and local neighborhood commissioners. 1.000

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Simplified: Home rule gave D.C. residents power to elect officials

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But it also imposed extensive congressional oversight over how those officials govern the city, including the laws and budgets they adopt. 1.000

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Simplified: Home rule imposed congressional oversight over D.C. officials

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Before it, Congress and commissioners appointed by the president governed the city. 1.000

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Simplified: Before Home Rule Congress president-appointed commissioners governed D.C.

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The District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973 gave residents of the capital a limited form of self-governance for the first time since the 1800s. 1.000

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Simplified: D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973 gave residents limited self-governance since 1800s

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President Trump’s rapidly escalating push to exert control over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., has posed one of the biggest threats to the city’s self-governance since it was granted limited hom... 0.900

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Simplified: President Trump's push threatened D.C.'s self-governance since 1973

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The District of Columbia was granted a form of self-governance in 1973, but the federal government retained considerable oversight of the city. 1.000

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Simplified: District of Columbia granted self-governance in 1973 federal government retained oversight

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“It’s antithetical to the notion of home rule,” Mitchell Reich, a senior counsel with the D.C. office told her. 0.900

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Simplified: Mitchell Reich says action antithetical to home rule

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“Local residents have local control.” 0.900

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Simplified: Local residents have local control

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Judge Reyes is now hearing from the D.C. attorney general’s office, but it’s already clear that she has deep doubts that the Trump administration has acted lawfully. 0.900

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Simplified: Judge Reyes hearing from D.C. attorney general doubts Trump administration acted lawfully

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Instead of ruling right away, she encourages the two sides to confer right now to see if they can agree on some modifications that could hold for the next day or two, defusing the situation until the... 0.900

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Simplified: Judge Reyes encourages both sides to confer to agree on modifications

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Lawyers from the two sides converged and left the room together, and what was meant to be a 15-minute break has now been going for 45 minutes, with the courtroom still empty. 0.900

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Simplified: Lawyers converged left the room 15-minute break became 45 minutes courtroom empty

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Judge Reyes is stepping away for a break, but makes clear that she’s inclined to block several aspects of the Trump administration’s order related to control over Washington’s police department. 0.900

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Simplified: Judge Reyes is inclined to block aspects of Trump administration's order related to Washington's police

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He said officers had thrown his belongings in the trash, again. 0.900

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Simplified: David Barnes said officers threw his belongings in the trash

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Just after noon on Friday, a modest crowd gathered outside the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters at Judiciary Square. 0.900

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Simplified: A crowd gathered outside Metropolitan Police Department headquarters on Friday

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Nearby, David Barnes returned to find his tent, which was also in the park space at Washington Circle, gone. 0.900

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Simplified: David Barnes returned to find his tent gone at Washington Circle

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In some cases, the police apparently removed people despite city health department notices allowing them to remain for several more days. 0.800

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Simplified: Police removed people despite city health department notices allowing them to remain

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At Washington Circle, near the George Washington University Hospital, Meghann Abraham, who has lived in a tent there for months, said officers took away her shelter. 0.900

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Simplified: Meghann Abraham said officers took away her shelter at Washington Circle

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Officers were said to have thrown tents, sleeping bags and other belongings in the trash, and organizations that work with the homeless were bracing for more sweeps Friday afternoon and evening. 0.800

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Simplified: Officers threw tents sleeping bags and belongings in the trash

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The Metropolitan Police Department, now under federal oversight, swept through at least three encampments on Friday morning, according to Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center and p... 0.900

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Simplified: Metropolitan Police swept through at least three encampments on Friday morning

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Several homeless encampments in Washington were cleared out by Friday, as President Trump’s efforts to take control of policing the nation’s capital played out among some of the city’s most vulnerable... 0.900

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Simplified: Several homeless encampments in Washington were cleared out by Friday

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