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![Workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, N.M., last month. The Trump administration has started the arduous process of canceling $3.6 billion in military construction projects to fund its plans to build more of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ap_19235764094566-4738a30205dd79c569d99f62e331c85ba5dc3a40-e1567605820341-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Diverts $3.6 Billion From Military Projects To Border Wall
By: Claudia Grisales | NPR
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper began notifying lawmakers which projects will be canceled in their districts. “It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces,” Sen. Chuck Schumer said.
![The president declared a national emergency in February to access federal money to build a wall similar to this razor-wire-covered border wall separating Nogalas, Mexico (left) and Nogales, Ariz. Congress did not approve the full amount he asked for last year to follow through on a key campaign pledge.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_19063652902644-d90ecc8ec8cecb678c3125e1a2ad3d12744c1281-e1553624575325-900x422.jpg)
Trump’s National Emergency Stands As House Fails To Override Veto
By: Deirdre Walsh | NPR
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The vote means the administration can continue to spend billions of dollars to construct a Southwest border wall. The fight shifts to federal court, where several states sued to block the president.
![Salvadoran migrants wait for transportation after turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas — where a border fence is under construction. The Pentagon says it will spend up to $1 billion to help build the fence.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/border-wall-mexico-texas-87e55951ac88dd780be27f7688e8702747aedf8a-e1553621077202-900x422.jpg)
Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.
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Schuneman Symposium on Photojournalism and New Media
“The Big Story” brings together journalists who are covering the big stories in the news today: heroin, climate change, the border wall, California wildfires, the Mueller investigation, the Rohingya refugee… Read More
![The House Budget Committee displays copies of President Trump's new budget proposal on Capitol Hill on Monday morning. Presidential budget proposals are typically political documents, with Congress taking the lead to set federal spending levels.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gettyimages-1129867019-e08fe40fea8ae389ee9f2d146dd17f7a485f6a65-e1552321700704-900x422.jpg)
Trump Seeks More Border Wall Funding In New Budget
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal, released on Monday, calls for $8.6 billion in new border wall funding, along with increased military spending and deep cuts to domestic programs.
![Lawmakers are to vote Thursday on a spending bill that authorizes construction of new fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border but does not finance the kind of wall demanded by President Trump.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gettyimages-1128800227-310311428f07389e9d74ab636815b4fdc6e4ca57-e1550160427511-900x422.jpg)
Congress Sprints To Pass Border Security Package With Trump’s Support Unclear
By: Kelsey Snell | NPR
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Congressional leaders are prepared to vote Thursday on a $333 billion bipartisan spending package to avoid the threat of a partial government shutdown.
![The West Virginia state capitol building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/West-Virginia-Statehouse-e1518097711392-900x422.jpg)
West Virginia: Proposal To Give $10M For Trump’s Border Wall
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some lawmakers in drug-ravaged West Virginia want to pitch in millions of dollars for President Donald Trump’s wall-building effort along the U.S.-Mexico border. The GOP-led House… Read More
![President Trump holds a picture labeled "typical standard wall design" as he hosts a roundtable discussion on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gettyimages-1081027614-f80073b6433bfb6c5ea72030a7f811a87d7880f8-e1547252046983-900x422.jpg)
White House Eyes Funding Sources For Border Wall In Case Trump Declares Emergency
By: Scott Horsley | Tom Bowman | Kelsey Snell | NPR
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The Army Corps of Engineers has been asked to identify projects that could be canceled or delayed so that funds could be redirected to build a border wall, congressional and Pentagon sources say.
![President Trumps says if he doesn't get a border wall, he will declare a national emergency to build a border wall.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ap_19010523901627-1bdf080e6d504911666bfaa7ed1976e54c2f6f4c-e1547139661320-900x422.jpg)
Trump Says He’s Likely To Declare National Emergency If Congress Won’t Fund Wall
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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The president is traveling to a Border Patrol station in Texas, as the partial shutdown enters its 20th day. The trip comes a day after the president walked out on a meeting with Democrats.
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FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn’t Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It
By: Tamara Keith | NPR
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With a proposed government funding bill not putting money into President Trump’s border wall, he’s now talking about different ways to complete his long-promised project.