Latest "trump wall" stories

Pentagon seeks to cut F-35s, other equipment to pay for Trump’s border wall

The department would reprogram $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 funds, largely from procurement accounts.

By Aaron Mehta, Valerie Insinna, David B. Larter and Joe Gould

3 years ago

Homeland Security raids Coast Guard coffers to pay for border programs

FEMA also will be affected by a DHS move to reallocate $271 million, officials say.

4 years ago

House Dems offer new limit for DoD’s border wall ‘slush fund’

House Democrats have announced a bill to sharply limit the Pentagon’s authority to reprogram military construction funds.

4 years ago

Trump to seek billions more for border wall, ‘Space Force’

The budget will propose serious cuts in safety net programs, which are used by many Americans, and other non-defense accounts.

4 years ago

This week in Congress: National emergency pushback from lawmakers

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Feb. 25.

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

Republican breaks with Trump on ‘emergency’ wall, backs lawsuit to block it

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine spoke in South Portland, where high-ranking U.S. Coast Guard officials celebrated an upgraded command center for northern New England.

4 years ago