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Tommy Fisher, president and CEO of Tempe, Ariz.-based Fisher Industries, surveyed border fencing that he's building on private land in south Texas.

This contractor says he can build Trump’s border wall faster and cheaper than the U.S. can

January 15, 2020 at 1:02 p.m.

MISSION, Texas — President Donald Trump took office vowing to build "a big, beautiful wall" along the 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border, but so far the federal government has managed to build...

Trump backed ‘space force’ after months of lobbying by officials with ties to aerospace industry

August 22, 2019 at 4:59 a.m.

When President Trump spoke to Marines at Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13, he threw out an idea that he suggested had just come to him. "You...

Pentagon probe into deadly Niger attack finds mistakes, but recommends no punishment

August 22, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

A Pentagon investigation into an ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers in Niger in October found that two officers in charge misinformed higher-ups about the danger of the mission, yet...

Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the Pentagon on April 6, 2018.

Responding to Trump’s call, Mattis authorizes 4,000 National Guard troops for U.S.-Mexico border

August 22, 2019 at 3:26 a.m.

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis has signed an order to send up to 4,000 National Guard troops to to the U.S.-Mexico border but barred them from interacting with migrants detained...

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin.

Mueller calls back at least one participant in key meeting with Russians at Trump Tower

August 22, 2019 at 2:16 a.m.

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has recalled for questioning at least one participant in a controversial meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in June 2016, and...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters after the panel interviewed Donald Trump Jr. on Dec. 6

Some associates think Trump will fire his lawyers if Mueller doesn’t clear him by year’s end

August 22, 2019 at 2:02 a.m.

The White House and Republican lawmakers are pressing for an end to multiple investigations into the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russia, aiming to clear the president as soon as possible...

President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner speaks during the Saban Forum 2017 in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017.

Russia investigation sheds new light on Jared Kushner’s involvement with Moscow

August 22, 2019 at 1:52 a.m.

The expanding federal investigation into Russian interference in last year’s election is shining new light on the central role played by one member of President Trump’s inner circle — his...

Donald Trump Jr., executive vice president of the Trump Organization, discusses the expansion of Trump hotels on Monday, June 5, 2017, in New York.

Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 trip to Paris for lunch with Moscow-linked couple remains a puzzle

August 22, 2019 at 1:41 a.m.

Shortly before last year’s presidential election, Donald Trump Jr. flew to France for lunch at the Hotel Ritz Paris with a Syrian peace activist, who says she meets regularly with...

Senate panel has not decided whether Trump campaign colluded with Russia: ‘The issue of collusion is still open’

August 22, 2019 at 1:09 a.m.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has not reached a conclusion whether the Trump campaign cooperated with Moscow during the 2016 election, the panel's leaders said Wednesday, distancing themselves from President Trump's...

FBI investigates Russian government media organizations accused of spreading propaganda in U.S.

August 22, 2019 at 12:53 a.m.

The FBI is investigating two Russian government-funded media organizations that operate in the United States following accusations that they were part of a massive Kremlin operation to help swing last...

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