Articles Tagged with ''border wall''

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asks Congress to reimburse the state for $11 billion it says it spent on its own border wall during the Biden years.

ENR.com's recent stories elicited strong reactions from viewers.

After ruling by Texas-based judge blocking sales of materials bought during the first Trump term, the Biden administration says it will halt their sale. 

Texas broke ground on 1.5 miles of added border wall at a 1,402-acre ranch in Starr County that it acquired in October for $4M.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump would use financial gains from oil and gas drilling to fund highways and some other infrastructure, he told Republican supporters at the party's national convention.

Trump administration waiver of environmental rules in pushing wall construction damaged federal lands, disrupted natural water flow and wildlife migration and destroyed sacred tribal areas, U.S. Government Accountability Office audit claims.

About $4.3 billion was awarded without competition in the Trump era, a watchdog report says. Many awards lacked full scope details, raising the risk of higher project costs.