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Defense Dept. Approves Border Wall Expansion Funding

By W.J. Hennigan

'Joy, Excitement, and Togetherness at the Border.' With Three Hot Pink See-Saws, These Architects Turned the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Into a Playscape

By Madeline Fitzgerald

Fact-Checking Trump's TIME Interview

By TIME Staff

Pentagon Says Troops Will Use 'Anti-Climb' Paint on Border Wall

By W.J. Hennigan
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How a Republican Sen. Tried to Stop Trump's Wall Defeat

Sen. Mike Lee arguably worked harder than the White House to forestall Thursday’s embarrassing defeat on emergency powers.The Utah Republican pored over federal budget documents, talked with White House lawyers and Senate colleagues, worked over...

By Philip Elliott

The Fight Over Trump's Emergency Declaration Is Symbolic. But It Still Matters

President Donald Trump’s border wall began as a symbol of his approach to immigration, so it’s only fitting that it may be rejected symbolically on Thursday as well.At least five Senate Republicans are positioned to...

By Philip Elliott

President Trump's Border Wall Emergency Could Make Americans Less Safe

Arguing that his proposed border wall with Mexico is needed to respond to a public health and humanitarian crisis, President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency to secure the authority and resources to...

By James G. Hodge, Jr. and Lawrence O. Gostin

Trump's National Emergency Ploy

The risky maneuver opens a Pandora’s box of future challenges

By Brian Bennett and Philip Elliott

We Traveled the Length of the Border. The People We Met There Fear More Government, Not More Immigrants

When photographer Elliot Ross and I traveled the 2,000 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border it was the spring of 2017. The post-election climate had enflamed a sense of cultural and political difference in the United...

By Genevieve Allison

Why Republicans Are Cautioning Trump Against Using Emergency Powers

"Republicans are not united"

By Alana Abramson

Trump May Have Trouble Proving His Case for a 'National Emergency'

"It's not supposed to be used just because you can't reach a deal"

By Abby Vesoulis

The Real Border Crisis

President Trump stood on the edge of the Rio Grande in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday and looked at Border Patrol vehicles, bales of marijuana seized from smugglers and a Border Patrol helicopter flying over the...

By Brian Bennett

Trump Denies He Said Mexico Would Pay for the Wall

In a 2016 memo, his campaign said Mexico would make a one-time payment of $5 to $10 billion

By Tara Law

Trump Fighting for His Future

At several points in his brief political career, Donald Trump has tried, as he calls it, to be presidential. He’s tamped down his freewheeling speaking style to read from a teleprompter, which he once jokingly...

By Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson

Here Are the White House's Demands to End the Shutdown

The White House is holding firm in its request for $5.7 billion for a border wall to end the shutdown, while also demanding billions of dollars more to address other priorities at the southern border,...

By Tessa Berenson

Compromise Hard on Both Sides

The government has been partially shut down for nearly two weeks, and President Donald Trump’s competing desires to hold his ground for more border security funding and shift blame for the impasse onto Democrats have...

By Tessa Berenson

Senate Approves Stopgap Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown

The Senate passed legislation that would fund the government through Feb. 8 late Wednesday evening, but the short term solution does not solve the larger issues at hand regarding border security and President Donald Trump’s...

By Alana Abramson

Trump Makes Threat Over Border Wall Funding

In a testy meeting with Democratic leaders in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump demanded billions to build a border wall and said he’s willing to shut down the government later this month...

By Brian Bennett

Why Negotiating a Border Wall With Trump Is So Difficult

Few campaign promises have been as concrete or as persistent as Donald Trump’s pledge to build a wall on the border with Mexico. But as lawmakers consider what is likely the final chance for them...

By Philip Elliott

President Trump Is Demanding $25 Billion for a Border Wall Amid Outcry Over Family Separation

Republican lawmakers searching for a compromise to stop the practice of separating parents and children at the U.S.-Mexican border were just thrown for a loop when President Donald Trump demanded $25 billion for a border...

By Philip Elliott
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