The VA scrapped a $77 million leftover green energy program that would have put solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicle at various locations.
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters that intelligence officials were "courageous" in speaking "truth to power" by publicly contradicting President Donald Trump in congressional testimony this week.
"There's not going to be any wall money in the legislation," Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters. Pelosi's stance came as Trump used Twitter to reiterate his demands on the wall and appeared to sour on the congressional talks aimed at striking a deal with Democrats.
The new order asks federal agencies to encourage those who receive federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects to use American materials and products, including iron, steel, aluminum and cement.
The president’s foreign policy comments come a day after U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal.
By Joe Gould and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Their analysis stands in sharp contrast to President Trump's almost singular focus on security gaps at the border as the biggest threat facing the United States.
"I personally think it's less than 50-50, but you have a lot of very good people on that board," Trump said in an interview Sunday with the newspaper. The president was referring to a bipartisan committee of House and Senate lawmakers that will consider border spending as part of the legislative process.