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In this March 7, 2018, file photo, University of California President Janet Napolitano speaks during a meeting of The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)

Congress pressed to rebuff Trump emergency declaration

Former GOP lawmakers and national security officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations made public pleas Monday for Congress to rebuff President Trump's border emergency wall-building declaration, saying he's wrong both about the emergency and his own claims of presidential powers.

February 25, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump defends Robert Kraft, Alex Acosta amid sexual misconduct scandals

President Trump on Friday defended two allies facing controversies, saying he was "surprised" at prostitution solicitation charges lodged against NFL team owner Robert Kraft, and mounting a stiff defense of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who was dinged for his handling of a child exploitation case.

February 22, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump says he’ll veto attempt to stop wall building

Congress is barreling toward its first vote this week to try to overturn President Trump's border wall building emergency declaration, with the odds favoring them winning the initial skirmishes but ultimately losing the fight on Capitol Hill.

February 22, 2019
Marianna Trevino-Wright, executive director of the National Butterfly Center, said Friday that construction was continuing on land adjacent to hers. She said the North American Butterfly Association, which runs the sanctuary, will continue to fight in court while the government envisions a concrete wall that would bisect the center. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump wall plan hits National Butterfly Center

The National Butterfly Center sits on the U.S.-Mexico border, at the very crossroads of President Trump's wall-building plans, which means last week brought the best of news and the worst of news.

February 17, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump predicts ultimate victory in courts on emergency wall declaration

That President Trump will be sued over his emergency declaration to build his border wall is not in doubt. The more pressing questions are whether he'll be able to continue construction while the legal challenges are pending, and whether his emergency powers will trump environmental laws and property rights objections.

February 15, 2019
In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, migrants are escorted by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as they are detained after climbing over the border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, to San Ysidro, Calif. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Donald Trump’s border emergency: Answers to all your questions

As President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border, claiming powers to shift money within the federal budget to build new walls, his opponents have warned he's breaking the Constitution, setting a dangerous precedent for future presidents and stealing money from other needy projects.

February 15, 2019