JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated PressMar 15, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the president's overruling of Congress's rejection of his emergency declaration a "lawless power grab." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
ALAN FRAM, LISA MASCARO and CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated PressMar 14, 2019
The 59-41 vote represents a conspicuous rebuke of the president, who has pledged to exercise his veto power over Congress. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
LISA MASCARO / The Associated PressMar 10, 2019
The president is reviving the recent fight by seeking $8.6 billion for a U.S-Mexico wall while proposing steep cuts to other domestic programs. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Karla Molinar-Arvizo / OtherWordsMar 9, 2019
Funding the agencies that detain, abuse, deport and sometimes kill migrants needs to be every bit as toxic as funding the border wall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Greg Grandin / TomDispatchMar 6, 2019
According to the president, the U.S. needs a protective wall to prevent sex traffickers from driving bound women into the country. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatchMar 5, 2019
We have two intractable issues, one intractable president and an intractable world, but what if that weren’t so? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
ALAN FRAM AND ANDREW TAYLOR / THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFeb 27, 2019
Following the House vote Tuesday, Senate Republicans were preparing to push back on the bill, with the president ready to veto it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Jill Richardson / OtherWordsFeb 24, 2019
For decades the U.S. has tried to stop drug traffic and made the problem worse. We need to treat the root causes of addiction instead. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigFeb 21, 2019
Well, Trump’s emergency declaration is here—time to get ready for ripping off funding from military construction and anti-drug trafficking activities, hooray! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Jacob Bacharach / TruthdigFeb 20, 2019
Donald Trump’s national emergency heralds a new era in our nation’s history—one with frightening parallels to the Roman Empire. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / Informed CommentFeb 19, 2019
From Trump’s very first speech as president, it's been apparent the 45th president is a constitutional crisis waiting to happen. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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