Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and the alleged victim at the center of an assault investigation by Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) are both denying that a “physical

D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.

President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind congressional efforts for a federal takeover of the nation’s capital, saying he approves putting the District of Columbia back under direct federal control.

Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills is under investigation for an alleged assault, a spokesman for the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department said Friday. Officers were called to an apartment building about two miles from the U.S. Capitol at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to the police department.

As an indication of just how personal and petty this dynamic has become, the bill previously introduced in Congress proposing to repeal D.C. home rule was titled to produce an antagonistic acronym. It’s called the Bringing Oversight to Washington and Safety to Every Resident Act or the BOWSER Act.

A Florida congressman is under investigation for an alleged assault in Washington, D.C., an incident report from the Metropolitan Police Department shows. The NBC-owned station in Washington, D.C., is reporting it happened Wednesday afternoon at a penthouse in a luxury apartment building.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said he wants the federal government to "take over" and govern the District of Columbia, claiming leaders of the nation's capital aren't doing enough to ...