Latest "Build the wall" stories

Pentagon seeks to cut F-35s, other equipment to pay for Trump’s border wall

The department would reprogram $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 funds, largely from procurement accounts.

By Aaron Mehta, Valerie Insinna, David B. Larter and Joe Gould

3 years ago

Judge halts $3.6B diverted from military construction projects for border wall

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from spending some Defense Department money to build a border wall with Mexico, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle over one of the president’s signature domestic issues and campaign priorities.

3 years ago

Border wall opponents in court trying to stop military funding for construction

A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday on a bid to halt military funding for construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall as the pace of construction raises questions about whether time is running out for the administration’s critics.

By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press

4 years ago

Big VA budget boost included in controversial spending bill

But plans for a $217.5 billion VA budget next year could be stalled by the unrelated debate over how to fund border security.

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

This week in Congress: The VA budget and the border wall

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 6, 2019.

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

The watchers without a wall: PODCAST

Podcast topics for the week: Southern border military deployments, the NDAA schedule, Congress' military budget confusion and Game of Thrones defense acquisition talk.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

4 years ago