President Donald Trump has called it a crisis and is weighing declaring it a national emergency to bypass a reluctant Congress and fund his long-promised border wall. The White House has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to look at using emergency funds that Congress approved for disaster relief to build a border wall with Mexico. — Lisa Mascaro—-5:45 p.m.Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham says it’s time for President Donald Trump to invoke emergency powers to build the border wall with Mexico. Now, he says, “it is time for President Trump to use emergency powers to fund the construction” of a border wall or barrier. Vice-President Mike Pence says President Donald Trump has “made no decision” about declaring a national emergency to build a border wall with Mexico.

Source: National Post January 10, 2019 15:06 UTC