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LONDON—Two more men have been arrested in the investigation into who cut down the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree, police in England said Wednesday. The men, both in their 30s, were released on bail Tuesday without being charged in the felling of the iconic sycamore that stood for about 150 years next to the Roman landmark […]

LONDON—A crane on tracks removed large sections of a much-loved and often-photographed tree Thursday from the place near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in northeastern England where the sycamore was cut down two weeks ago in an apparent act of vandalism. The National Trust, which seeks to protect England’s heritage and natural landscapes, said […]

LONDON—British police on Friday made their second arrest over the cutting down of a 300-year-old tree near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in the northeast of England. Hours after a 16-year-old was freed on bail, Northumbria Police said a man in his 60s was arrested and is being questioned in custody. “The senseless destruction […]

LONDON—A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in northern England in connection with what authorities described as the “deliberate” felling of a famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to the Roman landmark Hadrian’s Wall. Thousands of visitors each year walk along Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that guarded the Roman […]

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are investigating reports that the Biden Administration is selling off materials procured to build President Donald Trump’s signature border wall. In a letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General Scott Spellmon (pdf), the GOP lawmakers requested documents and information that will facilitate House oversight over the Biden […]

Arizona has agreed to pay the Biden administration $2.1 million as part of a settlement for a lawsuit the Department of Justice had filed against the state over a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Arizona–Mexico border. The state was given a bill of $2.1 million on Aug. 22 by the U.S. Forest […]

RIDGE, N.Y.—A 3-year-old girl was wounded when a bullet fired at police officers by a murder suspect pierced the wall of her New York apartment and hit her, police said Wednesday. The man who shot the girl, 38-year-old Gary Jones, later took his own life after a standoff with police in the Long Island community […]

SAN DIEGO—A 4-year-old child was dropped into the United States from a high border wall with Mexico in a surveillance video that captures a routine—and highly risky—occurrence. “Remarkably, the child is ok!” Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz wrote on Twitter in his caption to the agency’s one-minute, 37-second video, which was posted on Twitter May […]

Arizona has started to dismantle its makeshift border wall made of shipping containers that was championed by former Gov. Doug Ducey but faced opposition from newly minted Gov. Katie Hobbs and was the target of a Biden administration lawsuit. Footage taken on Jan. 3 showed construction machinery removing a line of shipping containers placed along the […]

Arizona’s outgoing Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has agreed to dismantle a makeshift border wall constructed out of shipping containers in response to a lawsuit from the Biden administration. Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (pdf) on Dec. 21 show that Ducey’s administration has agreed to dismantle the barrier. […]

The Biden administration is set to close four wide gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall in an open area of southern Arizona near Yuma, to “address operational impacts” and “immediate life and safety risks.” The four gaps are within an incomplete border barrier project—the former Yuma 6 project area near the Morelos Dam, according to a […]

The baby seen being passed from a crowd waiting outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, was treated and reunited with his or her parents, the Pentagon said on Friday.

President Joe Biden’s attempts to suspend or end border wall construction are costing taxpayers $3 million a day, with an estimated price tag of at least $1.8 billion, according to a new report authored by Senate Republicans. Biden on the day he was sworn in ordered his administration to halt construction and review whether to […]

Federal prosecutors filed new tax and wire fraud charges on July 6 against Brian Kolfage, the veteran who raised funds online for the construction of a privately-funded border wall. The prosecutors charged Kolfage with lying on his tax return and causing a wire transfer in connection with the same scheme. The Epoch Times sent a […]

The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump-era case involving funding for the U.S.–Mexico border wall.

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal from former President Donald Trump concerning funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Former President Donald Trump may not be in office, but Texas says it’ll continue building the wall—a federal responsibility the governor says they’ll need to take upon themselves to protect Texans.