Emergency Powers and Sanders 2020

On Friday, President Trump announced that he would official invoke emergency powers to build a wall at the Southern Border, a move Mitch McConnell has said he would support despite previous attempts to block unilateral executive action under the Obama Administration. The New York Times reports that "The decision left Mr. McConnell, a professed guardian of the Senate’s prerogatives and power, joining with Mr. Trump in supporting an executive branch end run greater than any of the incursions into the legislative process he often accused President Obama of pursuing. Fellow senators said Mr. McConnell, a former member of the Appropriations Committee, was unhappy with the declaration but saw it as the only way to pass the spending bill."

Today, Politico revealed that Bernie Sanders would officially be running for president in 2020 after the creation of a video announcement was leaked. Organizers have been preparing for the announcement, although it is unclear when Sanders will officially announcement.