U.S. National Emergency

• 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
  
• Dems say Trump’s emergency declaration will ‘shred the Constitution,’ vow to fight

  Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer said Friday they’ll take action against Donald Trump's national emergency declaration 'in the Congress, in the Courts, and in the public.'

  World

  Feb 15, 2019
  
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• Donald Trump declares national emergency over border wall funding

  Declaring the emergency allows Trump to evoke other executive powers needed to get the funding without congressional approval.

  Politics

  Feb 15, 2019
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• Sen. Graham urges Trump to reopen government for few weeks before he ‘pulls the plug’

  “Before he pulls the plug on the legislative option, and I think we’re almost there, I would urge him to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before he pulls the plug, see if we can get a deal,” Repuplican Senator Lindsey Graham said.

  Politics

  Jan 13, 2019