Trump Vetoes National Emergency Resolution

President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency Friday, overturning a congressional effort to repeal the national emergency he declared to build his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.



The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is expected to reconsider the resolution later this month, but it is unlikely to secure the two-thirds majority to override Trump's veto.



The same holds true for the Senate, where just 59 lawmakers in the 100-member chamber voted for the resolution Thursday.



"Congress' vote to deny the crisis on the southern border is a vote against reality," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. -