Jan 12 Trump says ‘25th Amendment is of zero risk to me’ while visiting Texas border wall By Jill Colvin, Associated Press He brushed off Democratic calls on his Cabinet to declare him unfit from office and remove him from power using the 25th Amendment while highlighting his campaign against illegal immigration. Continue reading
Dec 17 Damage from border wall includes blown-up mountains, toppled 100-year-old cactus By Anita Snow, Associated Press Recent construction has sealed off the last major undammed river in the Southwest. It's more difficult for desert tortoises, the occasional ocelot and the world's tiniest owls to cross the boundary. Continue reading
Nov 06 Bannon lawyer quits fraud case after inflammatory remarks By Associated Press Bannon faces charges he ripped off Trump supporters as an organizer of a group that portrayed itself as eager to help the president build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 5:19 How Trump’s RNC acceptance speech distorted the truth By Amna Nawaz On the Republican National Convention's final night, President Trump accepted his party’s nomination for a second term -- using the White House as a campaign backdrop. Trump painted the election in stark terms, calling opponent Joe Biden “the destroyer of… Continue watching
Aug 20 Former White House aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall money scheme By Larry Neumeister, Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others "orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors" in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $25 million to build a wall along the southern border of… Continue reading
Aug 14 New border wall near rare wetlands refuge considered an ‘oasis’ endangered water supply By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press The San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1982 to protect the rare wetlands in the middle of the desert that are home to a variety of wildlife, considered an "oasis." The refuge itself is supposed to be protected… Continue reading
Aug 12 Tribe says new border wall harming burial sites; sues Trump By Julie Watson, Associated Press A California tribe whose ancestral lands span across the U.S.-Mexico border is suing the Trump administration to block construction of a section of border wall that the Kumeyaay people say is desecrating sacred burial sites. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 3:56 News Wrap: Mourners gather in Atlanta for funeral of Rayshard Brooks In our news wrap Tuesday, mourners gathered in Atlanta for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks, a black man who was shot and killed by police when he tried to escape arrest. The service was held at the historic Ebenezer Baptist… Continue watching
May 21 $1.3 billion awarded for border wall, largest contract yet By James MacPherson, Astrid Galvan, Associated Press A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract so far to build a section of Trump’s signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
May 13 Hikers fight plan for building border wall at the start of scenic Arizona Trail By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press The government plans on building a two-mile stretch of 30-foot fencing at Border Monument 102, a historical marker where the Arizona Trail begins. It has to waive a law that provides national protection for the trail, which is one of… Continue reading