A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, is challenging President’s Trump use of emergency powers to spend billions on a border wall.
Mr. Sanders had a weak showing with black voters in his race against Hillary Clinton. A frayed relationship with his own outreach group was part of the problem.
Senator Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would find out whether officials at the F.B.I. and the Justice Department tried oust President Trump.
The former “Fox & Friends” host withdrew from consideration because she had a nanny without a proper work visa, according to people familiar with the process.
It remains to be seen whether Senate Republicans will act collectively to try to stop the president or how far into uncharted territory they are willing to follow him.
“So, I’m going to be signing a national emergency,” the president said, almost as an afterthought at the news conference whose purpose was ostensibly to announce that news.
In invoking emergency powers for an end run around Congress in building his border wall, President Trump violated a norm of presidential self-restraint.
The president’s decision diverts money from military construction projects, bypassing Congress but triggering a clash over the constitutional balance of power.