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 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.

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 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.

In a Divided Washington, Congress Averted a Shutdown — but at a Price  —  WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, went to bed Wednesday night cautiously optimistic that a shutdown crisis that had stretched back to December had finally ended.