WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local):3:50 p.m.President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. A dozen Republicans joined with Senate Democrats on Thursday to back the joint resolution disapproving of Trump's emergency declaration. Trump wants to use the emergency order to redirect billions in federal dollars earmarked for defense spending toward the southern border wall. ___1:15 p.m.President Donald Trump will sign the first veto of his presidency Friday, a day after Congress vote to terminate the national emergency Trump declared at the southern border. __12:38 a.m.A dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats to block the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico.

Source: Economic Times March 15, 2019 19:52 UTC