A total of 16 US states are seeking legal action to stop President Donald Trump from using emergency powers to get funding for a border wall.
The coalition of states including California and New York argued that it's Congress, not the President, that controls the purse strings in the US.
William Denselow reports from New York:
Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic', Trump issues new warning to Tehran
President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran's energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as "unrealistic" and fired waves of missiles at Israel.
Trump again warns Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was in talks with a "more reasonable regime" to end the war in Iran but repeated his warning to Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or risk US attacks on its oil wells and power plants.
Israeli fire kills five in Gaza and the West Bank, medics say
An Israeli air strike killed at least three people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, local health officials said, in the latest round of violence since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect more than five months ago.
Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war, El Pais says
Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Monday, citing military sources.
UN peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon after projectile explosion
A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed in southern Lebanon overnight, prompting condemnations on Monday after a weekend in which Lebanese journalists and medics were killed in Israeli strikes.
