national emergency

Politics 02/21/19, 03:56

Five days ago, President Donald Trump signed a Homeland Security appropriations bill that earned a number of important legislative victories for our country. At the same time, he used his legal authority as President to take executive action to address the immediate national security and humanitarian crisis at our Southern Border. “It’s ...

Politics 02/20/19, 16:01

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will file a resolution Friday aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance his wall along the Southwest border, teeing up a clash over billions of dollars, immigration policy and the Constitution’s separation of powers. Though the effort ...

Politics 02/17/19, 21:37

On this weekend’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said President Donald Trump has the authority to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border because of the human trafficking and drugs moving across it. McCarthy said, “First of all, does the ...

Politics 02/16/19, 01:35

Let the lawsuits begin. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court. That might have been the only thing Trump said Friday that produced near-universal agreement. The American Civil Liberties Union announced its intention ...

Politics 02/15/19, 20:19

President Donald Trump predicted the Supreme Court will ultimately vindicate his declaration of a national emergency for constructing a wall on the southern border.  “I’ll sign the final papers as soon as I get into the Oval Office, and we will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued, ...

Politics 02/15/19, 16:18

President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to address "the problem of large-scale unlawful migration through the southern border," a move that enables him to fund a border wall, and one that may face a sharp response from Democrats. "The current situation at the southern border presents a border ...

Politics 02/15/19, 15:58

The Latest on President Donald Trump and border security (all times local): 2:50 p.m. The American Civil Liberties Union says it will file a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border. The Friday announcement came hours after Trump signed the declaration and said he expected ...

Politics 02/15/19, 12:04

The Democratic National Committee is attempting to fundraise off President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency. “[N]ot only will [the president] violate hundreds of years of constitutional norms, he will once again choose to put families at risk with his unsound immigration policies,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom ...

Politics 02/15/19, 06:02

Republican senators were mixed in their opinions on securing border wall funding Thursday, with some calling a national emergency necessary and others saying Congress should just “do its job” to come to a solution. Florida Sen. Rick Scott said a formal national emergency declaration was a necessary consideration given the reality of congressional ...

Politics 02/14/19, 20:20

The Latest on Congress’ border security measure and President Donald Trump (all times local): 6 p.m. Some Democratic state attorneys general say they may go to court to block any declaration of a national emergency on the southern border by President Donald Trump. Attorney General Xavier Becerra of California wrote Thursday on Twitter ...

Politics 01/31/19, 23:41

Trump tells New York Times he will 'get the wall finished,' hinting at a possible national emergency declaration

U.S. 01/26/19, 11:31

President Donald Trump said on Friday, Jan. 25, that if he can't get a deal with Democrats on the border wall, there will be a national emergency. However, the president think there's good chance for the deal now. In the Roundtable with Hispanic Pastors, one question was raised about the possibility of ...

Politics 01/10/19, 10:02

The Latest on President Donald Trump's fight for funding for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall and the partial government shutdown (all times local): 10 a.m. President Donald Trump says it would be "very surprising" for him not to declare a national emergency if he can't make a deal with Democrats to pay ...

Politics 01/09/19, 21:47

With partial government closure in 19th day, Trump still at loggerheads with congressional Democrats over his $5.7 billion funding demand