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February 16, 2019

Booker slams Trump over border emergency, says he won't push his vegan diet on Americans

Sen. Cory Booker took aim at President Donald Trump over his declaration of a national border emergency and defended his credentials as a political fighter as he kicked off a three-day presidential campaign swing in the state that holds the first primary in the race for the White House.

February 16, 2019

Trump wins on border security with emergency declaration and funding by Congress

President Trump won a strategic victory Friday when he signed legislation to avoid another government shutdown and provide a down payment on border security funding – and then declared a national emergency to get billions of dollars more needed to protect our southern border.

February 16, 2019

Rahm Emanuel warns Dems not to 'mimic' Trump’s politics, says Virginia's Northam shouldn't resign

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn’t agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that if President Trump can declare a national emergency to bypass Congress in order to secure funding for his long-promised border wall, a Democratic president can do the same for guns.

February 16, 2019

Tear down that border wall: Is Beto's battlecry the new Dem litmus test for 2020?

Beto O’Rourke may have inadvertently got the ball rolling this week on an emerging litmus test for Democrats eyeing the White House in 2020 when he said he “absolutely” supports tearing down the existing barriers along the southern border with Mexico.

February 15, 2019

Trump’s emergency declaration is legal and needed to protect America – Here’s why

President Trump took bold and decisive action in the best interests of the American people when he declared a national emergency Friday to enable construction of a badly needed barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border to stymie human trafficking, drug trafficking and criminal crossings.

February 15, 2019

DHS official: Border security bill does not contain ‘amnesty’ poison pills

Immigration hawks slammed the border security compromise President Trump signed into law Friday for containing last-minute provisions that they argued gives "amnesty" to many – but a Department of Homeland Security official insisted to Fox News that’s a misunderstanding of the bill.

February 15, 2019

California likely to sue Trump over emergency wall declaration: state AG

California is likely to sue President Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the state attorney general said Friday.

February 15, 2019

Gillibrand on call to tear down border wall: 'If it makes sense, I could support it'

Democratic presidential contender Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she could possibly support a call by former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas to tear down parts of the existing U.S.-Mexico border wall. 

February 15, 2019

Text: Trump proclamation of national emergency on the Southern border

The following is the text of President Trump's proclamation of a national emergency on the Southern border: 

February 15, 2019

Trump’s national emergency declaration over border wall sparks reactions from lawmakers

President Trump on Friday said he will declare a national emergency on the southern border, sparking reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.