El Paso officials say Trump still owes them over $500,000 for a 2019 rally
City officials say the pandemic has already strained resources and that Trump’s outstanding debt is making things worse.
By Oliver Willis - November 25, 2020City officials say the pandemic has already strained resources and that Trump’s outstanding debt is making things worse.
By Oliver Willis - November 25, 2020Trump has a long to-do list before Jan. 20.
By Amy Lieu - November 17, 2020Biden will likely use executive orders to reverse some of Trump’s most controversial actions.
By Associated Press - November 14, 2020Stephen Miller is spending the final days of the election pushing for even more extreme immigration policies.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 29, 2020He also falsely claimed on Wednesday that the wall would be completed ‘very soon.’
By Josh Israel - October 01, 2020Building a border wall was one of Trump’s signature campaign pledges four years ago, though he promised then that Mexico would pay for the wall.
By Associated Press - September 25, 2020But no mention of his botched attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
By Josh Israel - August 24, 2020Trump has also abandoned his pledge to have Mexico fund a massive border wall.
By Josh Israel - August 24, 2020Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested and indicted on Thursday in a scheme to defraud people who thought they were donating to border wall construction.
By Emily Singer - August 20, 2020Bannon was arrested Thursday and charged with defrauding thousands of people who thought they were helping build Trump’s wall.
By Emily Singer - August 20, 2020The wetlands supposed to be protected under environmental laws, but the government has waived those in the name of border security.
By Associated Press - August 17, 2020Experts say a border wall does nothing to prevent smugglers who often use other methods to transport their product.
By Oliver Willis - August 07, 2020Also: Michelle Obama debuts a new podcast, and the House honors the late Rep. John Lewis by naming voting rights legislation after him.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 31, 2020Trump said the privately built wall ‘doesn’t even work.’
By Associated Press - July 13, 2020After vowing that Mexico would pay for his wall, Trump has taken money earmarked for the U.S. military to spend on it instead.
By Oliver Willis - July 09, 2020More than three years into his tenure, Trump has made little progress on his signature campaign promise.
By Emily Singer - June 23, 2020Engraved in the monument is this warning: ‘The destruction or displacement of this monument is a misdemeanor punishable by the United States or Mexico.’ Now the government is proposing to commit such a misdemeanor.
By Associated Press - May 17, 2020Trump once promised Mexico would pay for a border wall, but construction is being financed by American taxpayers.
By Oliver Willis - April 23, 2020Major construction projects along the U.S. border are raising fears.
By Associated Press - April 04, 2020Evidence does not support the Trump administration’s attempt to link the border wall and migrants with the coronavirus outbreak.
By Oliver Willis - March 25, 2020Donald Trump’s wall was a big enough emergency to warrant their attention.
By Josh Israel - March 19, 2020Mexico currently has seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 — the United States has more than 200.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 10, 2020Trump recently claimed that ‘redemption money’ from immigrants would help pay for his border wall.
By Oliver Willis - March 03, 2020Trump again said on Saturday that Mexico is paying for his border wall. That’s not true.
By Associated Press - March 02, 2020‘Dynamiting these sacred sites and burial grounds is the same as bulldozing Arlington National Cemetery or any other cemetery,” Tohono O’Odham Nation Chair Ned Norris Jr. told Washington lawmakers.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2020Pentagon leaders earned a bipartisan rebuke from House lawmakers, who warned that taking money from the Defense budget to pay for Trump’s wall could have unintended consequences.
By Associated Press - February 26, 2020Experts worry that the decision could lead to higher costs and government contracts being rammed through without vetting.
By Associated Press - February 19, 2020The mile of ‘new wall’ is broken up over multiple locations along the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 19, 2020Undocumented immigrants are not paying for the wall, as Trump claimed.
By Associated Press - February 17, 2020Donald Trump appears to be disputing his own accusation of ‘Fake News.’
By Dan Desai Martin - February 17, 2020