Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump said he would declare a national emergency at the southern U.S. border, aimed at intensifying immigration enforcement. The declaration empowers ...

Electric rates are far too high for Connecticut residents and I’m very concerned that in 10 to 20 years, we’ll have shortages of energy,” said Sen. Ryan Fazio.

Misusing emergency powers will open the door to further such abuses by this president—or a future one, writes Elizabeth ...

I approached Mirabel Cruz to ask her what she thought of the national emergency declaration for the U.S.-Mexico border, ...

AT A GLANCE On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the National Emergencies Act (NEA), citing a national crisis at the southern ...

President Trump said he was using powers granted under the law to impose tariffs on the United States’ largest trading ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Canada border, citing an influx of human and ...

Dayton also called President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation program an “abuse” given its reliance on the COVID-19 national emergency declaration. “Sometimes administrations use ...

The situation in Myanmar “continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy” ...

Back-to-back storms are bringing ice, flooding, and freezing rain to 90 million people from New York to Colorado. The National Guard has been deployed in Virginia, where a state of emergency is in ...

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