The latest spat between the Trump administration and the state of California has put the state’s bullet train project in the administration’s crosshairs.
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Trump orders Pentagon to plan for new Space Force
It would be part of the Air Force, not the separate military service he originally envisioned.
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Trump says courts will back him in 16-state lawsuit against emergency declaration
The group of states including Maine says in its lawsuit that the declaration is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union is also suing, and Democrats in Congress are planning to introduce a resolution disapproving the declaration.
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Maine joins lawsuit against Trump’s emergency declaration
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says 16 states are signing on to the challenge against the president’s border wall funding effort.
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Dozens protest Trump’s emergency declaration in Augusta
Protesters gather to show their opposition for the president’s declaration of a national emergency that allocates more money to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
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White House considering several options for finding $5.7 billion to build wall
Tapping funds for disaster relief, drug interdiction or military construction are possibilities, but each has political and practical ramifications.
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Maine congressional delegation criticizes Trump’s plan to declare national emergency
Republican Sen. Susan Collins joins Sen. Angus King, an independent, and Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden in questioning the wisdom and constitutionality of such a move.
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Congress passes border deal that Trump’s expected to sign before declaring emergency to build wall
After overwhelming approval of legislation to prevent a shutdown, the specter of the president’s national-emergency declaration has produced widespread opposition in Congress.
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McConnell plans vote on Green New Deal to put political pressure on Democrats
The Senate majority leader wants lawmakers on the record about the climate change package, hoping it will alienate their moderate constituents.
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Negotiators in Congress say they have a deal in principle that would avoid another shutdown
They say the deal would fund the government through the fall and calls for $1.375 billion for 55 miles of bollard fencing at the border.