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.

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.

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.

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.

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.