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August 23, 2020

DHS head Chad Wolf denies endorsing We Build the Wall project during border visit

Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Sunday that he never endorsed We Build the Wall despite the group's claim that he did following a 2019 visit to a section of wall the group funded.

August 21, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Steve Bannon’s arrest in alleged scheme to defraud border wall donors — what’s behind this?

The wire-fraud and money-laundering charges against Steve Bannon were a long time coming, and the postal inspectors appear to have meticulously traced the proceeds through numerous bank accounts, real-estate parcels, and at least one vehicle.

August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon pleads not guilty after indictment in 'We Build the Wall' case

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump and an architect of his 2016 campaign, on Thursday pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan after being indicted with three others in connection with an online fundraising campaign that prosecutors claim defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon, 'We Build the Wall' organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, was among four suspects arrested Thursday and indicted in connection with an online fundraising campaign that allegedly defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Justice Department announced.

August 18, 2020

Trump declares 'we won' on border wall, hits ‘deadly’ Biden immigration plan in Arizona visit

President Trump on Tuesday declared victory in his fight to build a wall on the southern border, as he visited newly-built structure in Yuma, Ariz. and ripped into what he described as a "deadly" immigration plan from his Democratic rival Joe Biden.

August 11, 2020

Trump says media would embrace border wall, hydroxychloroquine if he opposed them

President Trump said the mainstream media would have embraced a wall along the southern border and hydroxychloroquine if he opposed them during an appearance Tuesday on Fox Sports Radio’s “Outkick the Coverage.” 

August 5, 2020

Biden says border wall construction will stop if he’s elected president

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that while he won’t tear down President Trump’s much-touted wall along the United States’ southern border with Mexico, he also won’t continue construction of the barrier if he’s elected president in November.

August 3, 2020

Mexican national dies after apparent fall from Arizona border wall

The man was found injured in an open field near Yuma, Arizona by agents from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 26.

July 31, 2020

Cuccinelli gives Supreme Court 'two enthusiastic thumbs up' for latest border wall decision

Acting Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli gave "two enthusiastic thumbs up" Friday to the Supreme Court's 5-4 vote denying a request to halt construction of President Trump’s border wall over environmental concerns.

July 31, 2020

Supreme Court denies request to halt construction of the border wall

The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote has denied a request to halt construction of President Trump’s border wall over environmental concerns.