Pelosi moves to block Trump’s national emergency declaration

Resolution likely to pass House and possibly Senate. No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Thursday, February 21 PELOSI MOVES TO BLOCK NATIONAL EMERGENCY House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will introduce legislation to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build his wall along the southern border, moving “swiftly” to place it on the president’s desk. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] JUSSIE SMOLLETT ARRESTED “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was arrested Thursday morning after police charged him with filing a false report about a staged racist and homophobic assault in Chicago. [HuffPost] MUELLER PROBE 'ENDING IN DAYS' An announcement that special counsel Robert Mueller is wrapping up the Russia probe may come in a matter of days. 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