Friday's Headlines: Trump eyes Army for building wall as he mulls emergency declaration
Texans brace for eminent-domain battle; To keep shut-down government running, White House ventures into uncharted territory; 'The story keeps changing': Trump falsely asserts he...
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To build a southern border wall, the administration is looking at disaster funds for civil works by the Army Corps of Engineers in areas such as the Texas coastline inundated by Hurricane Harvey and parts of Puerto Rico battered by Maria.
By Erica Werner, Josh Dawsey, Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim • Read more »
Dozens of Texans have received official letters that lawyers say is the first step to the government seizing their land — a practice that President Trump last week called "a fair process" and "very necessary."
The White House asked agencies for a list of services to resume to minimize the public impact of the federal shutdown. It's part of an effort to keep much of the government running while the president digs in for a long battle over a border wall.
As hundreds of thousands of federal workers brace for their first missed paychecks of the government shutdown this week, some of them have become immersed in the frantic financial calculus of choosing what they can live without.
When the president looked into his closet for Thursday's visit to the border, he selected the uniform that announces: Unplanned mayhem, danger and destruction ahead!
At a U.S. Border Patrol station in the Rio Grande Valley, Trump pressed the case for his border wall, which he maintained would be paid for by Mexico "many, many times over" through a new trade deal that has yet to be ratified by Congress.
The Treasury Department plans to remove sanctions against an aluminum company company controlled by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains unconvinced that the measures should be lifted.
Highly skilled foreign workers and the American firms that employ them are in a bit of a panic over the president's plans to crack down on the H-1B visa program. Canadian businesses sense an opportunity.
The House Oversight Committee said the president's former lawyer had agreed to speak publicly about work he did on behalf of President Trump before he took office.
By Karoun Demirjian and Matt Zapotosky • Read more »
As President Trump continues to press his case for a wall, Maria Sacchetti dispels misinformation about the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, Nicolás Maduro begins his second term as president of Venezuela.
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