President Donald Trump is declaring a national emergency to justify the new tariffs, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives a president sweeping economic powers during a “declared emergency” to address “any unusual and extraordinary threat” to the national security,

"The President cannot rewrite the Constitution or the Immigration and Nationality Act by executive fiat, and the government has certainly shown no extraordinary need to do so immediately." The post ‘Threaten to fundamentally fracture the country’: Groups tell SCOTUS Trump’s arguments in birthright case could recreate divisions like those ‘between slave and free states’ first appeared on Law & Crime.

The world is reacting to new, sweeping tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday -- a date his administration called "Liberation Day."Mass layoffs began on Tuesday at the Department of Health and Human Services,

The president has approved an emergency declaration for Tennessee amid the outbreak of tornadoes and severe storms that are sweeping through the state.

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is applauding U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping plan for new tariffs, calling it a win for American workers and urging continued protection for farmers and manufacturers.

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration violated a court order by halting millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency grants.

Economists and legal experts question how the strongest economy in the world can be facing a national emergency over the trade deficit.

He has cajoled. He has poked and prodded. He has whined. He has boasted. This is classic Donald Trump. No, he is not howling about war with Democrats; he is talking about acquiring Greenland, and like a junkyard dog,