Trump Extends Hostage-Taking National Emergency For Fourth Straight Year
Signed July 13 and published July 16, the notice keeps Executive Order 14078, first issued in July 2022, in force.
- The legal basis cited is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701.
- No hostage-taker, criminal group or foreign government is named anywhere in the text.
- The notice appears in Federal Register Volume 91, Issue 135, the formal record.
Why it matters: A power renewed by form letter every year, naming no enemy, stops being an emergency.
White House/Federal Register Notice, Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hostage-Taking and the Wrongful Detention of United States Nationals Abroad ↗ · Jul 16, 20267/16/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check