President Donald Trump was within his constitutional authority to declare a national emergency at the southern border last year, a federal judge ruled Thursday, but environmental groups can move forward on a central challenge in their lawsuit: whether the president can divert $3.6 billion in military funds to build a border wall.
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As city leaders focus on boosting health care capacity and helping workers and businesses survive a shelter-in-place order, another pandemic-related crisis is emerging for San Francisco in the form of a potential $1.7 billion budget shortfall.
Read moreMembers of the Arkansas House met in a college basketball arena, spaced out among 5,600 seats, as they voted on ways to cover a budget shortfall caused by the coronavirus punch to the economy.
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Senate Democrats on Monday again blocked a massive stimulus package responding to the coronavirus outbreak, though Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer held out hope for a deal by the end of the day.
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California has spent years building up a $21 billion “rainy day” fund to help ride out the next economic slump, but its ability to withstand a pandemic-triggered downturn hinges largely on an unknowable factor.
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The California Legislature granted Governor Gavin Newsom’s request to pass emergency bills injecting $1 billion into the economy to fight the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has infected hundreds and killed six.
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Californians in recent decades have gladly opened up the vault for education, including a $9 billion bond in 2016. But last week, voters shunned endorsements from business groups and Democratic leaders and rejected the largest proposed school construction bond in state history – and some wonder if a fake news blitz is to blame.
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The White House pitched Senate lawmakers on a wide range of legislative responses to the coronavirus outbreak Tuesday, but offered no timeline to speak of or any parameters for how the plan will look.
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The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out the state of U.S. coronavirus mitigation and containment Tuesday as lawmakers clamored for assurances about the country’s testing capabilities and the Trump administration’s focus on the global pandemic.
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With 227 cases and 15 deaths reported in the United States, President Donald Trump signed an $8.3 billion spending package Friday aimed at combating the novel coronavirus.
Read moreThe Senate voted 96-1 on Thursday to approve an $8.3 billion emergency aid package to combat the coronavirus outbreak, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk.
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A coalition of states led by California sued the Trump administration Tuesday, accusing the White House of another illegal overreach by diverting $3.8 billion more from the military to fund the southern border wall.
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As stock markets quake and anxiety over the coronavirus spreads, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo worked in a deeply contentious hearing Friday to assure lawmakers that the Trump administration is capable of handling an outbreak in the U.S.
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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday permanently blocked the Trump administration from diverting $89 million in congressionally approved military construction funding to help build a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit gave the Trump administration a cool reception Tuesday as it attempts to quash a lawsuit by Congress in the funding fight over the president’s long-promised border wall.
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Asking Congress for $1.5 billion to revive the U.S. uranium mining industry over the next decade, the Trump administration has asserted that a national stockpile it could give the U.S. more security in the global energy economy.
Read moreThe Brexit drama shook the foundations of the European Union for years and laid bare the need for much-delayed political renovations at the 27-nation bloc. Now that Britain has finally left, where does the EU revamp start, and who is going to foot the bill?
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A key component of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $1.4 billion plan to tackle the state’s urgent homeless crisis got a chilly reception from state lawmakers and local leaders Thursday.
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The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday declared it would fight in court to stop the Trump Administration’s potential diversion of an additional $3.8 billion in military funds toward a wall along the US-Mexico border.
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