SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on U.S. judge blocking President Donald Trump from building sections of a border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency (all times local):6:30 p.m.A federal judge in California has blocked President Donald Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. on Friday immediately halted the administration’s efforts to redirect military-designated funds to build sections of wall on the Mexican border. California and 19 other states brought one lawsuit; the Sierra Club and a coalition of communities along the border brought the other. The judge is weighing two cases that challenged the maneuver to redirect mostly military-designated funding for wall construction. At stake is billions of dollars that Trump wants for the wall, his signature campaign promise, heading into his campaign for a second term.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2019 01:41 UTC