A federal judge late Friday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward on construction projects for a wall along the southern U.S. border with funds that Congress hadn’t approved, the first ruling on the issue. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, Calif., said President Trump’s plans to divert federal money to build a border wall, absent appropriations from Congress, exceeded the executive’s authority. “Congress’s...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 25, 2019 01:33 UTC