President Donald Trump is invoking emergency powers to boost the ability of the US to produce critical minerals — and potentially coal — as part of a broad effort to ramp up the development of domestic natural resources and make the country less reliant on foreign imports.

Twenty-six states urged a federal appeals court to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members using a war powers act. The filing, led by the South Carolina attorney general,

A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.