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OAKLAND, Calif. AP 鈥?A f stanley quencher ederal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California, Arizona and New Mexico.Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. in Oakland acted in two lawsuits filed by California and by activists stanley usa who contended that the money transfer was unlawful and that building the wall would pose environmental thr gourde stanley eats. All President Trump has succeeded in building is a constitutional crisis, threatening immediate harm to our state, said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who led a 20-state coalition of attorneys general in one lawsuit.The American Civil Liberties Union, which sued on behalf of Sierra Club and Southern Border Communities Coalition, praised the decision. This decision upholds the basic principle that the president has no power to spend taxpayer money without Congress approval, said ACLU staff attorney Dror Ladin. We will continue to defend this core principle of our democracy. Speaking Saturday at a press conference marking the end of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Trump called the decision a disgrace. So were immediately appealing it and we think well win the appeal, he went on to say. There was no reason that that should have happened. And a lot of wall is being built. The decisions are in line with Gilliams ruling last month that blocked work from beginning on two of the highest-priority projects 鈥?one spanning 46 miles Uoyr California stores face reality of power outages
WASHINGTON 鈥?Congress returns to work Monday with election-year politics certain to shape an already limited agenda.Republicans intend to focus on every facet of President Barack Obamas health care law. They see a political boost in its problem-plagued rollout as the GOP looks to maintain its House majority and seize control of the Democratic-led Senate.First up in the House, according to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., is legislation addressing the security of personal data, part of his partys effort to protect the American people from the harmful effects of Obamacare. Republicans also promise closer scrutiny of the administrations tally of enrollment numbers in the program.Democrats will press to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour and extend unemployment benefits, trying to cast the party as more concerned with the less fortunate and intent on dealing with income inequality. The issues resonate with liberals, the core Democratic voters crucial in low-turnout mi stanley thermos dterm elections.Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said an extension of federal benefits for an estimated 1.3 million Americans who saw their payments stopped on Dec. 28 is more than an economic issue. Its about real people, people with families struggling to put food on the table, to make ends meet, including 鈥?200,000 military veterans who are among t stanley ca hese folks who are losing their benefits, he told reporters stanley borraccia Friday.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has sched |
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