US Supreme Court declines to hear border wall challenge

June 29, 2020 9:51 am Leave a comment

A K-9 police officer walks past rebar that will make up a section of border wall under construction on Nov. 21 south of Donna, Texas. (The Monitor via AP)

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that rejected environmental groups' challenge to sections of wall the Trump administration is building along the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Largest yet: $1.3 billion contract for border wall awarded

May 20, 2020 4:05 pm Leave a comment

A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of Trump's signature wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

February 18, 2020 11:31 am Leave a comment

Panels used in the construction of a levee border wall stand at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas, on Nov. 7. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed the construction of the wall along the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed up the construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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DHS seeks Pentagon money for 270 miles of border wall

January 16, 2020 4:27 pm Leave a comment

Contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall on Sept. 10 along the Colorado River in Yuma, Arizona. Defense officials say the Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to pay for the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year. (AP Photo/Matt York)

The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to pay for the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year as part of a counter-drug effort, defense officials said Thursday.

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Winner of $400M wall contract has troubled past

January 8, 2020 5:21 am Leave a comment

Tommy Fisher, right, talks with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., at the lawmaker's office in Washington, D.C., recently. Fisher runs Fisher Sand & Gravel, the North Dakota company that won a $400 million contract to build part of the border wall. But the contract is now being audited over concern it may not meet requirements. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Kevin Cramer's office via AP)

Tommy Fisher peered into a Fox News camera and talked up his North Dakota-based company's ability to build a border wall faster and cheaper than others could, with technology "so revolutionary, it's like comparing the iPhone to a pay phone."

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Pentagon watchdog investigating $400M border wall contract

December 12, 2019 12:43 pm Leave a comment

The Defense Department's internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used various appearances on Fox News to push for the job.

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Firm that boasts about building border wall gets contract

December 4, 2019 10:38 am Leave a comment

A North Dakota company that has long claimed it can build a U.S.-Mexico border wall cheaper and faster than competitors has been awarded a contract to construct part of such a structure in Yuma, Arizona.

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Democrats protest $200M in additional border wall transfers

October 16, 2019 12:47 pm Leave a comment

President Donald Trump has quietly transferred more than $200 million from the Pentagon's anti-drug efforts toward his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, drawing protests from Democrats who say he is again abusing his powers.

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Trump wall shift erases $8M for Truax Field

September 5, 2019 9:27 am 1 Comment

President Donald Trump's plan to kill or delay hundreds of construction projects on U.S. military bases to help fund border fencing includes diverting money for a Wisconsin Air National Guard base shooting range.

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Pentagon defers 127 building projects to pay for border wall (UPDATE)

September 4, 2019 12:55 pm Leave a comment

Construction crews on March 11 replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the use of $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.

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