Text of a Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Mali

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2020 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:     Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared with respect to the situation in Mali in Executive Order 13882 of July 26, 2019, is to continue in effect beyond July 26, 2020.     The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and international security presences, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13882 with respect to the situation in Mali.                               DONALD J. TRUMP THE WHITE HOUSE,     July 23, 2020.

Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Mali

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2020 NOTICE - - - - - - - CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO MALI       On July 26, 2019, by Executive Order 13882, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in Mali.     The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and international security presences, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.  For this reason, the national emergency declared on July 26, 2019, must continue in effect beyond July 26, 2020.  Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13882 with respect to the situation in Mali.     This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.                               DONALD J. TRUMP THE WHITE HOUSE,     July 23, 2020.

West Wing Reads Trump Right to Send Fed Law Officers to Chicago and Other Cities to Fight Crime and Save Lives

Trump Right to Send Fed Law Officers to Chicago and Other Cities to Fight Crime and Save Lives “By deploying additional federal agents and other resources to communities under attack by violent criminals, the president is carrying out his duty to keep the American people safe,” writes Tom Homan, former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for Fox News. “The only people who should be upset by the president’s actions are the criminals he wants to stop from victimizing innocent men, women and children.” Click here to read more. “After an effort by the legacy media to disappear the story, the nation is finally hearing about the mayhem and violence overtaking Portland, Oregon . . . This story is now only being covered because President Trump realized local Democratic leadership had no real interest in ending the chaos and sent in federal law enforcement to establish the law and order every American wants and deserves,” Tammy Bruce writes in The Washington Times. Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act yesterday, which will achieve “the twin goals of protecting America’s crown jewels and repairing deteriorating infrastructure . . . [it] passed both the Senate and the House with wide bipartisan support and President Trump specifically requested the bill for his signature,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) writes in The Hill. MORE: Ivanka Trump celebrates the bill’s passage in Colorado! The “Supreme Court decision in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania was a major victory for freedom of religion and conscience in the United States . . . It was just the latest example of aggressive work by President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services to protect First Amendment freedoms and then win on those issues in court,” Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar writes in the Washington Examiner.