President Trump on Monday announced plans to invoke Section 740 of t he D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973 , giving him temporary control over Washington, D.C. This is unprecedented. The Home Rule Act gives D.C., a s a federal district and not a state, the right to elect a mayor, legislate and enforce local police, and approve the city’s budget. Trump’s decision Monday puts the local Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. Trump also announced that the National Guard would be deployed to