Trump declares national emergency to fund border wall after Congress refused full request

Trump declared a national emergency under 50 U.S.C. § 1621 after Congress passed a spending bill providing only $1.375 billion for border barriers, far short of the $5.7 billion he requested. Presidential Proclamation 9844 sought to reprogram $6.1 billion from Pentagon military construction and counterdrug accounts. The House voted 245-182 to terminate the emergency; Trump vetoed it. Courts blocked portions of the transfer; the Supreme Court partially allowed it to proceed pending litigation.