Fancy microplastic with your tea? Study finds that tea bags release billions of particles per cup
Researchers found that a single plastic tea bag steeped at 95 degrees Celsius, or 203 degrees Fahrenheit, releases approximately 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics during a typical steeping process.
Senate votes for second time to block Trump’s border emergency declaration
The Senate on Wednesday voted for a second time to block President Trump’s border emergency declaration, with Republicans once again joining their Democratic colleagues in rebuking the president’s order.
Trump’s Senate Republican allies give OK to $5B wall request
President Donald Trump’s Senate GOP allies are pushing to give him his full $5 billion request to build about 200 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, but the plan ran into immediate opposition from Democrats and is a non-starter with powerful House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pentagon cancels 3 border barrier projects over costs
The Defense Department has nixed three border barrier projects in Arizona over costs, according to a court document filed Monday.
450 miles of border wall by next year? In Arizona, it starts
On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just feet from a dry section of Colorado River, a small construction crew is putting up a towering border wall that the government hopes will reduce — for good — the flow of immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
Building a border wall: CBP top official updates plans
The acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Mark Morgan, says the wall along the country's southwestern border will be built. Building the wall to protect the border was a cornerstone of President Trump's campaign.
Trump plans to divert $8M meant for Calif. National Guard to help build border wall, Gov. Newsom says
California Governor Gavin Newsom says California will lose $8 million meant to help the National Guard assist in combating wildfires under a new Trump administration plan related to the border wall.
In Arizona, Pentagon-funded border fence already underway
Construction on a Pentagon-funded portion of border fence began this week near Yuma, Arizona.
McSally: Arizona base project on funding diversion list
Sen. Martha McSally says a construction project at an Army base in Sierra Vista is the only Arizona project affected by the use of military funding to build part of President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Pentagon approves $3.6B in funds from military projects to build 175 miles of Trump's border wall
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.
Border Patrol releases drone footage showing miles of ‘new wall system’ being built
Drone footage released by the Border Patrol over the weekend shows miles of a “new border wall system” going up at a location in Arizona near where illegal immigrants were seen streaming into America years ago.
Construction on Arizona replacement border barrier begins
Construction crews broke ground Thursday on a small portion of the $664 million border fence project in the Arizona desert that is funded through President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.
Government delays border barrier construction in Arizona
The federal government is delaying construction on parts of the border fence in Arizona because it's still working on design plans.
Appeals court: Trump can't use Pentagon cash for border wall
An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump's ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election.
New border wall construction begins in California
The installation of 11 new miles of border wall began on Thursday in Calexico, California.







