National Emergency

• Judge blocks Trump’s national emergency funding for border wall

  U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam, Jr., on Friday immediately halted the administration's efforts to redirect military-designated funds for wall construction.

  World

  May 24, 2019
  
• Trump issues veto to protect emergency declaration on border wall

  President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding.

  World

  Mar 15, 2019
  
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• U.S. House votes to block Trump’s emergency order over border wall

  The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to revoke Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the border with Mexico

  Politics

  Feb 26, 2019
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• Ex-U.S. security leaders to come out against Trump’s national emergency declaration

  The statement has 58 signatures from prominent former officials, including former Secretaries of State Madeline Albright and John Kerry, former Defence Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta and former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

  Politics

  Feb 24, 2019
• Democrats ready vote to block Trump from using national emergency to fund border wall

  Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2019
• Trump punches back against states suing over border wall emergency declaration

  U.S. President Donald Trump is criticizing California's lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

  World

  Feb 19, 2019
• California, 15 other states sue Donald Trump over emergency declaration

  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a statement Monday saying the suit alleges the Trump administration's action violates the Constitution.

  Politics

  Feb 18, 2019
• Fox News anchor grills top Trump aide about national emergency declaration

  In a tense Fox News interview on Sunday, policy advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump Stephen Miller defended the president's national emergency declaration and suggested that a veto was a possibility if Congress disapproves.

  Entertainment

  Feb 18, 2019
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• White House hints Trump will veto Congressional disapproval of emergency declaration

  Trump declared the emergency Friday in an effort to go around Congress to fund his border wall.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2019
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• ‘We need wall’ proclaims Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump in ‘SNL’ cold open

  Saturday Night Live returned with a spoof on U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency in order to receive funding for a border wall.

  Entertainment

  Feb 16, 2019