Federal-State Relations

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she will not seek a fourth term, ending a decade-long tenure after three terms; in a video message she framed the decision as a defense of D.C. Home Rule, urging residents to “stand tall against bullies” and calling Home Rule the city’s “North Star.” The announcement comes amid a Trump-ordered federal intervention that federalized policing and deployed National Guard troops — a presence that continues despite litigation, with the administration filing a notice of appeal after a Nov. 20 ruling ordering the Guard deployment to end — and President Trump said he “got along with her very well” and asserted his intervention “made the city better.”