These days, the best thing about being mayor of Washington, D.C., is the nice title. The overwhelmingly Democratic city is in an economic contraction, triggered by the Trump administration’s purges of the federal workforce, and is facing a deep budget deficit of $1.1 billion . The metro area lost 1.7 percent of its jobs last year, the worst showing in the country. Meanwhile, a hostile president and Republican-led Congress are able—and eager—to overrule laws, yank away funds, and deploy troops