President Donald Trump emerged from one political crisis Friday and immediately dove into another. The president was slated to sign a government spending and border security plan into law with only hours to spare before parts of the government shut down Saturday. At the same time, he was set to declare a national emergency and repurpose funds from other parts of the government to build his proposed border wall without congressional approval. "I'm going to be signing a national emergency declaration," the president said during remarks in the White House Rose Garden. The emergency declaration, which was criticized ... (full story)