Tag: border wall
When is a wall not a wall? GOP redefines Donald Trump’s...
Congressional Republicans have a new talking point about President Donald Trump's border wall: It's not really a wall at all.
Instead, the wall is "a...
Closed parks, furloughs, ‘Green Eggs’: A look at shutdowns
Disputes over spending and health care in a divided Washington have triggered shutdowns of the federal government in recent years. Republicans now control the...
Dems say Donald Trump can avert shutdown risk if he relents...
President Donald Trump could avert the risk of a government shutdown next weekend by stepping back from his demand that lawmakers fund his promised...
Border wall bids include tourist attraction, solar panels
Tuesday was the deadline for companies to propose designs for President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will ask...
Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico faces all kinds of obstacles
President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the "big, beautiful wall" that he's promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico...
FACT CHECK: Who needs a wall? Donald Trump says border is...
President Donald Trump says the border with Mexico is already "getting extremely strong" and would-be illegal crossers are giving up because they think, "we...
House Speaker Paul Ryan gets firsthand look at US-Mexico border
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan visited the Rio Grande valley on Wednesday for a firsthand look at the U.S.-Mexico border as the Trump administration...
In Donald Trump’s future looms a familiar shutdown threat
Add a potential government shutdown to President Donald Trump's growing roster of headaches.
Beneath the capital's radar looms a vexing problem — a catchall spending...
Daniel Sutter: Who will pay for the wall?
The Trump administration recently floated a plan for a twenty percent tariff (or tax) on goods imported from Mexico to pay for the southern...
A look at border security, fencing as Donald Trump announces wall
President Donald Trump announced his long-awaited plan Wednesday to build a wall on the 1,954-mile U.S. border with Mexico, calling for its "immediate construction"...