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Indonesia’s leader says sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 22:36:36 +0000

Indonesia's leader says sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea, lending renewed backing and a sense of urgency to a slow-moving and politically contested mega project.

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Trump to seek another $8.6 billion for border wall

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:13:41 +0000

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 19, 2018 a Customs and Border Protection officer asks travelers for their visas as seen through barriers set by US authorities at San Ysidro port of Entry, at the US-Mexico border, in preparation for the arrival of a Central American migrants' caravan moving towards the United States, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico - US authorities created a secret database of journalists and activists linked to a caravan of Central Americans who tried to enter the US last year from Mexico, NBC reported on March 6, 2019. In some cases authorities flagged their passports for alerts, the San Diego, California affiliate of NBC reported. It cited documents leaked to it by a source in the Department of Homeland Security who requested not to be named. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) trump

US President Donald Trump is seeking $8.6 billion in fresh funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border, likely triggering another fight with Congress.

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US House to vote on blocking Trump emergency

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:53:06 +0000

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: Members of the U.S. House Rules Committee - (L-R) Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA), ranking member Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), committee chairman Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Alcee Hastings (D- FL) - listen during a House Rules Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol February 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee is meeting to consider a resolution to block the national emergency declaration that seeks to allow President Trump to shift spending to fund sections of a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP

US House lawmakers on Tuesday are expected to pass a Democratic measure annulling President Donald Trump’s declared emergency on the southern border, an effort that appeared to earn growing support among Senate Republicans.

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Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order

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Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:41:19 +0000

Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order

Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, accelerating a showdown in Congress that could divide Republicans and lead to Trump’s first veto.

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California sues Trump over emergency wall declaration

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 01:52:52 +0000

California sues Trump over emergency wall declaration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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US students in ‘MAGA’ hats mock Native American after rally

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 04:21:34 +0000

In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, a teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos that show youths, possibly from the diocese's all-male Covington Catholic High School, mocking Native Americans at a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP)

A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys’ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington.

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Trump to take his case to build wall to prime-time audience

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:32:08 +0000

Trump to take his case to build wall to prime-time audience

President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a “crisis” at the US-Mexico border requires the long and invulnerable wall.

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Trump ramps up Mexico wall row with speech, border visit

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:45:03 +0000

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2019, for meetings at Camp David. - President Donald Trump stood firm Sunday on his demand for billions of dollars to fund a border wall with Mexico, which has forced a shutdown of the US government now entering its third week."We have to build the wall," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for the Camp David presidential retreat, while conceding that the barrier could be "steel instead of concrete." (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

President Trump pushed for a climax in his fight over the US-Mexico border wall, announcing a primetime speech and a visit to the frontier.

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Trump: ‘I can’t tell you when’ government will reopen

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Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:46:19 +0000

Trump: 'I can't tell you when' government will reopen

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that parts of the federal government will stay closed until Democrats agree to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements.

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