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16 States Sue Over Trump's National Emergency Declaration

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The complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California seeks to bar the administration from using emergency powers to divert money from other programs to a wall on the U.S. from https://www.npr.org/2019/02/18/695821740/16-states-sue-over-trumps-national-emergency-declaration https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/02/18/ap_19027026027805-1895c0097ae959fba8658f826819ff7be9342490-s1200.jpg

Senate plans to pass bill that would avert shutdown, deny Trump wall funding

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The Senate prepared Wednesday to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep the government open through the New Year but deny President Trump the money he wanted for his border wall — a stark retreat for Republicans in their final days in control of Congress. from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-signals-it-might-accept-a-short-term-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown/2018/12/19/63148a02-0395-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/_1yi4eoXFzA3E992nb7-QLVBHZE=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6BCYKFQDBEI6TFMMBJQBEJX7NM.jpg