Trump liked the idea of a national emergency because it's the maximalist, most dramatic option  —  President Trump liked the idea of declaring a national emergency because it's the maximalist, most dramatic option.  —  Between the lines: Trump never gravitates towards complexity.

Trump's border emergency: Democrats criticize declaration, vow action  —  President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency as a means to circumvent Congress and build additional border barriers.  He is seeking to secure about $6.5 billion more in funding than Congress has approved.

Trump Keeps Doubling Down On The Same Failed Strategy  —  President Trump will declare a national emergency and seek money to build a border wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday, moments before the U.S. Senate passed a compromise spending bill that didn't include wall funding.

Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump declared a national emergency at the border on Friday to access billions of dollars to build a border wall that Congress refused to give him, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a fundamental confrontation over separation of powers.

Ocasio-Cortez, Joaquin Castro Plan Bill to Block Trump's Emergency Declaration  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she will introduce a bill with fellow Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro to stop President Donald Trump's planned emergency declaration.

Fox hosts are so mad at Rubio for opposing Trump's emergency declaration they want his resignation  —  Two Fox hosts said on Friday that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) should resign his Senate seat after suggesting that the president should not violate the U.S. Constitution to build a border wall unilaterally.

Republicans pay the price for Trump's wall crusade  —  Washington (CNN)Republicans might be resorting a lot more often to prayer — the new strategy several senators have adopted for dealing with their capricious President — because of the forces unleashed by the latest fraught moment of the Trump era.

Trump announces national emergency to obtain billions for border wall  —  The White House said Trump intends to redirect money from the military and the Treasury to fund his wall — a plan likely to meet with swift legal challenge.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared …

Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld says he will challenge President Trump for the Republican presidential nomination  —  The president remains popular with Republican voters, but Weld said he would attempt to defeat him or at a minimum hurt him with a primary challenge.