John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act will strengthen voter protections for all. apr.org/news/2025-07-2…

Historically, Congress has struggled to provide decent services, like funding for youth programs, to D.C. residents. D.C. deserves to govern ourselves -- not for politicians to waste their time and their constituents' resources micromanaging local affairs.

BREAKING: We filed a FOIA request on the District’s use of web-based surveillance software that can track what people say, who they know, and where they go. The people of D.C. deserve to know how our government is using technology to track people’s speech and movement.

Take Action: Tell Congress to demand access to "Alligator Alcatraz" and stop any federal funds from being used for this inhumane facility until it is shut down. action.aclu.org/send-message/s…

Know your rights if ICE agents show up at your door. Conozca sus derechos si agentes de ICE llegan a su puerta.

After 104 days in detention, Mahmoud Khalil is home. On the newest episode of At Liberty, Mahmoud reflects on being detained for his activism, the importance of people continuing to speak out, and how he’s settling back into life in New York. aclu.org/podcast/one-on…

Today, the president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root in D.C., they will be rolled out to other majority-Black and Brown cities, like Chicago, Oakland and Baltimore, across the country. That should alarm everyone, not just Washingtonians.

Without statehood, D.C. remains vulnerable to this kind of dangerous political exploitation.

Tell Congress to take action NOW to keep military troops out of our communities. action.aclu.org/send-message/t…

President Trump is seizing control over D.C. police in a baseless act of political theater. It's time to make Washington, D.C. a state to protect the rights of everyone who lives in our nation's capital. thehill.com/homenews/house…

We’ve seen before how federal control of the D.C. National Guard and police can lead to abuse, intimidation, and civil rights violations. This abuse of emergency powers and attack on our rights is a threat to our nation’s democracy.

Trump Takes Control of Washington, D.C., Police Force and Deploys National Guard democracynow.org/2025/8/12/head…

President Trump is dramatically escalating his abuse of emergency power by deploying the DC National Guard and seizing control of DC’s police force. This is political theater and a blatantly phony justification for abuse of emergency powers. cnn.com/politics/live-…

If the president can invent an “emergency” here and in Los Angeles to override local authority, he can do the same anywhere. If we don’t challenge it, this playbook will be used again and again. msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

President Trump's unprecedented actions are stripping city leadership of the ability to make its own decisions about law enforcement. We broke down the president's recent orders and their impact: acludc.org/publications/t…

The D.C. Police Chief’s new order inviting collaboration with ICE is dangerous and unnecessary. Immigration enforcement is not the role of local police—and when law enforcement aligns itself with ICE, it fosters fear among D.C. residents, regardless of citizenship status.

We applaud AG Brian Schwalb for defending the District against President Trump's abuse of power The law allows the president, in emergencies, to use D.C. police for federal purposes for a limited time - NOT taking over all D.C. police functions or stripping D.C.'s local control