emergency declaration

Politics 10/19/19, 07:21

The Senate has failed to override President Donald Trump’s veto on his national emergency resolution though the Democrats had the helping hand of 10 Republicans. The Senate on Friday, Oct. 18, voted 53-36 on the Democrat-crafted resolution to terminate the national ...

Politics 09/26/19, 10:45

Eleven Republican senators have joined Democrats to vote for a resolution on ending President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate voted 54-41 in favor of the resolution on Wednesday, Sept. 25, The Hill reported. This is the second ...

U.S. 08/30/19, 15:56

President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in Florida on Friday, Aug. 30, as the state is bracing for Hurricane Dorian, which is likely the most powerful storm in nearly three decades. The emergency declaration would help Florida handle storm ...

U.S. 07/12/19, 06:20

President Donald Trump announced a federal declaration of emergency for Louisiana late on Thursday, July 11, in an effort to help the state prevent possible damage from imminent Tropical Storm Barry and put people in urgent situations first. According to AccuWeather, ...

New York 04/13/19, 02:41

Will an emergency declaration help New York end a measles outbreak that has lasted six months?

New York 03/28/19, 04:26

A county north of New York City declares a state of emergency in an effort to stop a measles outbreak that’s lasted nearly six months

Politics 03/14/19, 06:27

The Latest on Congress and President Donald Trump's proposed border wall (all times local): 7 a.m. President Donald Trump is warning to veto a congressional resolution revoking his declaration of an emergency at the southern border. Trump had declared an emergency to ...

Politics 03/06/19, 20:13

President Donald Trump met Wednesday with an Illinois congressman who was deployed last month to the U.S.-Mexico border with his Air National Guard unit. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger says his first-hand experience led him to conclude that the situation at the ...

Politics 03/05/19, 18:21

Vice President Mike Pence called on the Senate Tuesday not to reject President Donald Trump's emergency declaration freeing up money to build a wall on the southern border. "Any vote against the president's national emergency declaration is a vote against border ...