February 15, 2019 Ex-RNC chair warns GOP that Trump’s emergency declaration could backfire Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele cautioned his party on Thursday that Republicans “will rue” President Trump’s reported plan to declare a national emergency to fund the border wall should a Democratic president take office.
February 14, 2019 House Republican worries Trump's emergency declaration could help future Dem president enact Green New Deal A Republican congresswoman says she is concerned that President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in order to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could be used as a legal precedent to allow a future Democrat president push through legislation such as the Green New Deal.
February 14, 2019 Trump plans to allocate $8 billion to fund border wall, source says President Trump's plans to declare a national emergency in order to fund his long-promised border wall will enable his administration to move $8 billion from various federal agencies to fund the project, a senior administration official told ӣƵ late Thursday.
February 14, 2019 House approves border security package, as White House prepares to declare national emergency The House of Representatives on Thursday night approved the border security package to avert another government shutdown that was passed overwhelmingly by the Senate earlier in the day -- even as another legal showdown looms over the White House's plan to declare a national emergency to secure more wall funding.
February 14, 2019 Trump will sign border security bill, declare national emergency, White House says The Senate on Thursday afternoon approved a border security package to avert another government shutdown, as the White House said President Trump is preparing to take the extraordinary step of declaring a national emergency to obtain additional funding for his long-proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
February 14, 2019 Border wall has choked off historic Texas cemetery with 2 dozen veterans, critics say For more than a year now, volunteers have maintained a historic cemetery that sits past a section of border wall in south Texas. The cemetery includes the graves of nearly two dozen veterans. One volunteer believes the wall discourages people from visiting.
February 14, 2019 Democratic 2020 candidates slam Trump's national emergency plan: 'Closer to a dictatorship' A slew of Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls on Thursday condemned the Trump administration after the White House announced that in addition to signing a border security compromise package, the president would also declare a national emergency to acquire funding for his campaign-promised wall at the nation’s southern border.
February 14, 2019 Former Honduran lawmaker denies he helped orchestrate migrant caravan Former Honduran lawmaker and immigration activist Bartolo Fuentes said Thursday that he did not orchestrate the migrant caravan that sent thousands to the U.S. border.
February 14, 2019 Texas lawmakers propose funding border wall on their own As Washington, D.C. debates a budget deal that would get President Trump barely 1/20th of the border wall funding he requested, and with significant strings attached, two local Texas lawmakers are proposing dipping into the state’s "rainy day" fund to finance the border barrier on their own.
February 14, 2019 Border compromise: Trump's reported plan to sign bipartisan deal gets mixed reviews As President Trump ponders a compromise Congressional budget deal to avoid another shutdown, support is split.