House sues Trump to block border wall

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The House of Representatives filed a lawsuit in D.C. District Court to to block President Trump from moving federal funds to a border wall project in Texas.

The suit names Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as the lead plaintiff, as well as acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. It was announced as Trump visited Calexico, Calif., to see a segment of newly constructed wall and to hold a border security roundtable.

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