Politics Sep 18 Trump administration begins building border wall in Big Bend region of Texas By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Nation Sep 14 Texas landowners ask courts to block Trump's Big Bend border wall plans Landowners, ranchers, and business owners in Texas are suing to stop the Trump administration's border wall plans in the Big Bend region. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Science Apr 09 Trump administration can bypass environmental rules to build more border walls under this waiver Environmentalists decried the move that will forego dozens of laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to evaluate the effects of their actions on the environment. By Associated Press
World Oct 05 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Biden administration clears way for new border wall construction in Texas In our news wrap Thursday, the Biden administration cleared the way to allow 20 miles of border wall construction in Texas, the U.S. will resume deporting people to Venezuela if they enter the country illegally and a panel of federal…
Politics Oct 05 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden waives laws to allow border wall in Texas The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas. By Colleen Long, Associated Press
Sep 07 Congressional watchdog describes environmental harm of the border wall By Anita Snow, Associated Press The report by the GAO released Thursday offers an independent assessment of damage caused by the building of the wall while in-depth environmental reviews were waived and the concerns of Native American tribes went largely ignored. Continue reading
Dec 11 Arizona's governor stacks shipping containers on Mexico border at the end of his term By Anita Snow, Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s remote eastern boundary with Mexico in a bold show of border enforcement by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey even as he prepares to leave office. Continue reading
Sep 08 Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to laundering money donated to build border wall By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon has pleaded not guilty to New York state charges of duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Aug 12 Arizona plans to use shipping containers to fill border wall gaps The move by Arizona comes without explicit permission on federal land, with state contractors starting to move in 60-foot-long shipping containers and stacking two of the 9-foot-tall containers on top of each other early Friday. Continue reading
Apr 30 Homeland Security to repair damage created by border wall By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Biden administration says it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. Continue reading