Trump's national emergency declaration is a 'slap in the face to military families'

Carlos Barria/Reuters

• President Donald Trump's national-emergency declaration will allow him to tap military construction funds to pay for a border wall.
• Lawmakers have pledged to fight Trump's declaration in court.
• But Trump's move to siphon money away from projects that could support US troops has been called an insult to military families.

President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency will divert $3.6 billion earmarked for US military...