Feb 15 Trump picks former Alabama official to lead FEMA By Associated Press Jeffrey Byard held several positions with the Alabama Emergency Management Agency before he joined FEMA in 2017 during the agency's response to Hurricanes Harvey in Texas and Irma in Florida. Continue reading
Feb 15 3 legal arguments that could challenge Trump's national emergency By Courtney Vinopal By declaring a national emergency to access more funding, President Trump chose to sidestep Congress and face what could be a long legal battle over executive authority. Here are some of the likely legal arguments. Continue reading
Feb 15 Read Trump's full national emergency proclamation By Molly Finnegan The one thing the declaration does not mention specifically: a wall. Continue reading
Feb 15 Judge issues gag order for Trump confidant Roger Stone By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the order was necessary to ensure Stone's right to a fair trial. Continue reading
Feb 15 ACLU says it will sue over Trump national emergency declaration By Associated Press The Friday announcement came hours after Trump signed the declaration and said he expected legal challenges. Continue reading
Feb 15 AP fact check: Trump makes faulty claims in declaring emergency By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency at the southern border while acknowledging that rapid construction of a wall is not a necessity, but rather his preference. Continue reading
Feb 15 Trump administration sued over policy of sending asylum seekers back to Mexico By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases wind through immigration courts is being challenged in a federal court in San Francisco. A lawsuit filed Thursday by civil liberties groups claims the practice that took… Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Reporter challenges Trump on his immigration facts By Joshua Barajas During President Donald Trump's remarks on a new national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, a reporter pushed back against the president's characterization of immigration and crime, asking: "What do you base your facts on?"… Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Trump declares national emergency to build border wall By Associated Press Trump did not say on Friday when he would make such a declaration, but the move will allow him to bypass Congress to spend more money to erect barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Feb 15 Time to expand the international coalition against Islamic State, Pentagon official says By Robert Burns, Associated Press "While the time for U.S. troops on the ground in northeast Syria winds down," says Pat Shanahan, U.S. Defense Secretary, "the United States remains committed to our coalition's cause, the permanent defeat of ISIS, both in the Middle East and… Continue reading