- The House's joint resolution forces DC to conform to Trump's tax program, suppressing tax intake and social spending, with the city's chief financial officer estimating a loss of at least $600 million in revenue through 2029, according to the District of Columbia's chief financial officer.
- District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser's austerity package aims to close a projected $1.1 billion deficit through cuts to housing, social services, and public employment, as the city's Democratic Mayor unveiled a plan to address the financial shortfall, with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute noting that the council's decoupling plan would have allowed the city to dedicate hundreds of millions in local revenue to reducing child poverty.
- The move constitutes a deliberate use of federal power to deepen poverty in a city already scarred by extreme inequality, with the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Washington being $2,235, and the average net salary needed to live in DC being $67,050, as noted by Apartments.com, and criticized by Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city's non-voting House delegate.
EPSTEIN FILES NOTE
Donald Trump appeared in flight logs, black book, emails, and photos released by the DOJ.
