10 things you need to know today: February 18, 2019

Aide suggests Trump could use veto to protect his national emergency declaration, activists plan protests against Trump's border power play, and more

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1. Miller: Trump could veto resolution against emergency declaration

President Trump is prepared to issue a veto if Congress votes against his declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller indicated on Sunday. "The president is going to protect his national emergency declaration," Miller told Fox News Sunday. Asked if that meant Trump would veto a resolution of disapproval, Miller said: "He's going to protect his national emergency declaration, guaranteed." Democrats, who say Trump is exceeding his authority by going around Congress to fund his border wall, are planning to introduce a resolution of disapproval. Several Republican senators already have indicated they would support it. Public Citizen, a progressive advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit accusing Trump of overstepping his constitutional authority. California also plans to sue to block the order.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.