10 things you need to know today: March 4, 2019

Rand Paul joins opposition to Trump emergency declaration, tornadoes kill 23 in Alabama, and more

Severe storms left more than 20 people dead across the South.
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1. Paul becomes 4th Republican senator to oppose Trump emergency declaration

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) over the weekend became the fourth Republican to say he would vote to disapprove of President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border. Paul's vote appeared to clinch enough votes to pass the Democrats' disapproval resolution, which already cleared the House, although it is still not enough to override Trump's promised veto. Trump declared the emergency to get access to several billion dollars to help build his promised border wall. "We may want more money for border security, but Congress didn't authorize it," Paul said at an event in Kentucky on Saturday, according to the Bowling Green Daily News. "If we take away those checks and balances, it's a dangerous thing."

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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.