Latest "Trump border wall" stories

Migrants walk through a gap in the US-Mexico border wall as the sun rises.

Biden to return $2 billion diverted from Pentagon projects for border wall

The administration said it would return $2 billion taken from the Pentagon and use it for the construction projects for which the money was originally intended.

2 years ago

Active-duty troops could be deployed along the southern border again

The chief of the National Guard bureau suggested that active-duty troops could replace his forces, which are scheduled to return home by Sept. 30.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

Biden is facing high hopes, tough choices on border wall

A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees construction paid with military funds reappropriated by Trump under a national emergency declaration, declined to speculate what actions the Biden administration may take.

3 years ago

SCOTUS to rule on use of Pentagon funds for border wall, but money already spent

A lawsuit is challenging $2.5 billion reprogrammed for the wall, but those contracts have long since been awarded.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

Supreme Court won’t halt challenged border wall projects that use DoD funds

Friday’s order means the court is not likely even to consider the substance of the issue until after the November election, while work on the wall continues.

3 years ago

Appropriators to deny DoD budget flexibility in border wall spat

Fired-up House appropriators are expected to vote to reject the Pentagon’s requests for added budget flexibility over the president’s diversion of military funds to build his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.

3 years ago