Trump’s use of military funds for border wall construction is illegal, 9th Circuit Court rules

President Donald Trump’s transfer last year of $2.5 billion in military funds to pay for border wall construction was an illegal overreach of executive authority, a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Friday. The 2-1 ruling was a setback to the president’s increasing reliance on the Pentagon to […]