Customs and Border Protection reports seizing over six tons of marijuana worth more than $2.5 million at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a new $275 million contract for the construction of a 14-mile long border wall section near Laredo.
The Department of Defense approved the transfer of $3.8 billion from U.S. Navy and Air Force programs to be used for border wall construction instead.
The legitimacy of so-called nationwide injunctions issued from lower court judges is an ongoing debate in legal circles.
Democratic presidential candidates congregated in Atlanta for the fifth debate of the primary. There are 74 days until the Iowa caucuses in early February.
As the Trump administration moves forward with border wall construction, eminent domain could mean a loss of land for some Texans.
President Trump's emergency declaration to build a wall along the southern border was blocked in a Senate vote that included 11 Republicans in opposition.
