Deal Sealed on Federal Budget, Ensuring No Shutdown, Default

ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Jul 22, 2019 Nobody can claim a big win, but both sides view it as better than a protracted battle this fall. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Judge Blocks Some Border Wall Funding; Trump Plans Appeal

DAISY NGUYEN and ELLIOT SPAGAT / The Associated Press May 25, 2019 At issue is money approved by Congress for the Pentagon that was diverted during the national emergency. Two high-priority projects are halted. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Border Wall to Go Up in National Monument, Wildlife Refuge

ASTRID GALVAN and NOMAAN MERCHANT / The Associated Press May 14, 2019 Department of Homeland Security again waives environmental and other laws to build more barriers along California-Arizona 100-mile stretch. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen Resigns

COLLEEN LONG / The Associated Press Apr 7, 2019 Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her job amid growing frustration by the administration over the number of southern border crossings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Democrats File Suit Against Border Wall Spending

The Associated Press Apr 5, 2019 Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Trump's attempt to transfer billions of dollars to wall construction a "brazen assault" on the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Sidelines Immigration Nominee for ‘Tougher Direction’

COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Apr 5, 2019 The president unexpectedly removes acting director Ron Vitiello from consideration as permanent head of ICE; no replacement has been named. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Bottomless Cruelty of the U.S-Mexico Border

William deBuys / TomDispatch Mar 27, 2019 U.S. policies add unnecessary meanness to the innate hurt of the dividing line we share with our southern neighbor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

House Fails to Override Trump Veto of His Border Emergency

ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Mar 26, 2019 In the showdown's legislative finale, 14 Republicans join all voting Democrats, but the measure falls 38 votes short of two-thirds majority. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Is Destroying the Very Concept of U.S. Citizenship

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Mar 25, 2019 The president may never build his “great, great wall,” but that doesn’t mean he isn’t working to wall Americans in. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Trump Issues His First Veto After Rebuke of Border Order

JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated Press Mar 15, 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the president's overruling of Congress's rejection of his emergency declaration a "lawless power grab." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Senate Rejects Trump Border Emergency as Republicans Defect

ALAN FRAM, LISA MASCARO and CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated Press Mar 14, 2019 The 59-41 vote represents a conspicuous rebuke of the president, who has pledged to exercise his veto power over Congress. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Budget Sets Up Another Battle Over Wall Funding

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Mar 10, 2019 The president is reviving the recent fight by seeking $8.6 billion for a U.S-Mexico wall while proposing steep cuts to other domestic programs. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )