Jenny Gathright

The outstanding deficits in popular programs have led some advocates and lawmakers to suggest raising taxes on the wealthy — a move opposed by the mayor.

Trump is legally barred from unilaterally revoking the city’s right to self-government, a step that would require an act of Congress.

President Donald Trump on Thursday waded into D.C.'s mayoral race for the first time, saying he is opposed to Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist, winning next week's Democratic primary.

Janeese Lewis George’s campaign vowed to overturn the agency’s order, calling it a “last-ditch effort to derail a campaign.”

Super-PAC style groups with no donation caps have worked alongside that system to raise millions of dollars to support their candidates of choice through attack ads and other campaign literature.

Live results as Democrats, including Kenyan R. McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George, vie in the primary to replace D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

A victory for Lewis George, a democratic socialist, would signal a leftward turn for the nation’s capital.

The democratic socialist’s double-digit lead stayed roughly even as the elections board reported about 7,000 additional mail-in ballot votes Wednesday evening.

Victory for the democratic socialist marks a significant political shift in the nation's capital, a deep-blue city where the Democratic primary is the most consequential contest.

The bill, which faces an uphill battle in the Senate, would keep the D.C. Council from raising taxes without approval from Congress.