national emergency declaration

California 04/05/22, 05:33

House Democrats are widely expected to lobby the Oval Office to ban new oil drilling on U.S. land. The Congressional Progressive Caucus is speculated to push Joe Biden not to permit more oil exploration on public property. This request comes despite soaring gasoline prices due to the continuing Russia-Ukraine conflict. "Progressive Caucus ...

U.S. 03/14/20, 04:19

President Donald Trump on Friday, March 13, declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak in an effort to leverage the full power of the federal government to protect the health and safety of the American people.  “I am officially declaring a national emergency—two very big words,” the president said in ...

Politics 03/15/19, 21:19

President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, March 15, to protect the emergency declaration for border wall funding. Following is the highlight of President Trump's remarks on the National Security and Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border.  "As President, the protection of the nation is my highest duty.  ...

Politics 03/15/19, 15:32

President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, March 15, overruling Congress to protect the emergency declaration for border wall funding. The White House announced: "Moments ago, President Trump signed a VETO of the resolution introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to block the national emergency declaration ...

Politics 03/14/19, 16:38

The Latest on Congress and President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall (all times local): 3:25 p.m. President Donald Trump has one thing to say after the Republican-led Senate voted to block his national emergency declaration for border wall funding: “VETO!” Trump tweeted the one-word response Thursday after the Senate voted 59-41 in favor ...

Politics 03/14/19, 15:06

The Republican-run Senate firmly rejected President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border on Thursday, March 14, setting up a veto fight and dealing him a conspicuous rebuke as he tested how boldly he could ignore Congress in pursuit of his highest-profile goal. The Senate voted 59-41 ...

Politics 03/14/19, 11:12

President Donald Trump is urging Republican senators to support his emergency declaration for border funding, and says any efforts to change the national emergency law should come later. In a series of morning tweets, Trump renewed his veto possibility against a resolution of disapproval senators and defended the legality of declaring ...

Politics 03/14/19, 10:32

The Latest on Congress and President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall (all times local): 10:55 a.m. Republican Sens. Mitt Romney and Sen. Lamar Alexander have endorsed a resolution passed by the Democratic-controlled House to block President Donald Trump from using emergency powers to fund his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. That brings to seven ...

Politics 02/25/19, 21:32

North Carolina's Thom Tillis on Monday became the second Republican to promise a vote to block President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency at the Mexican border. Tillis said Congress must defend its power of the purse and warned that a future Democratic president might abuse the power to advance "radical ...

Politics 02/24/19, 21:55

A group of former U.S. national security officials is set to release a statement arguing there is no justification for President Donald Trump to use a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The statement, which was reviewed by The Associated Press, has 58 signatures from prominent ...

World 02/23/19, 00:01

Expert says national emergency ushers in one year of martial law in Sudan

U.S. 02/22/19, 11:46

Momentum is growing for congressional Democrats to mount a challenge to the president's declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border

Politics 02/21/19, 09:36

Speaker Nancy Pelosi encouraged Democrats and Republicans to support the resolution set to be filed Friday

Politics 02/20/19, 09:45

A coalition of 16 US states led by California are suing Trump administration over declaration

Politics 02/18/19, 22:25

California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a statement Monday saying the suit alleges the Trump administration's action violates the Constitution. "President Trump treats the rule of law with utter ...

U.S. 01/11/19, 06:11

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. 'I WILL DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY' The president is edging closer to that declaration in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall. 2. A PAYDAY ABOUT TO BE MISSED Families are ...

Politics 01/10/19, 22:34

The president is threatening to pay for the southern border wall by using emergency powers to bypass Congress to gain access to billions of dollars for building along the U.S.-Mexico border

Politics 01/10/19, 22:04

The Trump administration is considering using billions in unspent disaster relief funds earmarked for areas including hurricane-pounded Puerto Rico and Texas and more than a dozen other states to pay for President Donald Trump's border wall as he weighs signing a national emergency declaration to get it built without Congress. The ...