In February 2019, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency powers declaration to secure funds to build a wall along the southern border. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the ...

Senate opponents of President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border moved within a hair Thursday of having enough votes to prevail, and one Republican suggested he ...

The Republican-run Senate firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border on Thursday, setting up a veto fight and dealing him a conspicuous rebuke ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump raised the possibility on Friday of declaring a national emergency to allow him to build a wall along the Southwest border without congressional approval, hours ...

Facing stiff resistance from Congress, President Donald Trump has said he might use his emergency powers to construct hundreds of miles of wall on the southern border to prevent migrants from crossing ...

DEL RIO, Texas — Governor Abbott is requesting a Federal Emergency Declaration for the state of Texas as nearly 12,000 migrants remain at a Del Rio border bridge Monday. The crowd of migrants swelled ...