Tag: Mexico

While the story barely made a blip in the national news, local television and papers are running with the story. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Joe Donnelly condemned outsourcing … all while his family business shipped jobs to Mexico

Philip Wegmann · July 13, 2017 6:42 pm

Rep. Steve King of Iowa argued Wednesday that Congress should build President Trump's border wall by taking money from Planned Parenthood and federal food stamps. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Steve King: Use Planned Parenthood, food stamp money to fund border wall

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2017 12:22 pm

"If you tax that $50 billion [in Mexican imports] at 20 percent of imports...[you can] easily pay for the wall," Spicer said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

House spending bill funds all of Trump’s initial $1.6 billion border wall plan

Susan Ferrechio · July 11, 2017 9:24 pm

Energy secretary will discuss energy cooperation and reforms with the United States' southern neighbor. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry to travel to Mexico for energy talks

John Siciliano · July 11, 2017 7:45 pm

Luther Strange also came to Sessions' defense, but his statement avoided direct criticism of Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Mo Brooks tells Alabama he’ll ‘read the King James Bible’ on Senate floor until Trump’s wall is funded

Anna Giaritelli · July 10, 2017 7:44 pm

The Homeland Security secretary made the comment just as President Trump said he believes Mexico will fund the border wall. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

DHS Secretary John Kelly: ‘Mexico is a great partner to the United States’

Anna Giaritelli · July 7, 2017 2:45 pm

President Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the G20 summit in Hamburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Mexico ‘absolutely’ should pay for border wall after meeting Pena Nieto

Sarah Bedford · July 7, 2017 1:11 pm

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will meet with Mexican government officials in Mexico City over three days this week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

DHS Secretary John Kelly heads to Mexico for three-day meeting

Anna Giaritelli · July 5, 2017 11:14 am

A Mexican artist will build a wall with the help of fellow illegal immigrants and then tear it down as part of a politically charged art exhibit in New York City. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Mexican artist, illegal immigrants to build wall then tear it down

Travis J. Tritten · July 4, 2017 12:48 pm

Middle Eastern immigrants had the highest naturalization rate at 83 percent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Foreign residents are becoming US citizens at an increasing rate, except for Mexicans

Anna Giaritelli · June 29, 2017 6:01 pm

The agency has received hundreds of bids, but hasn't yet chosen vendors. (Gleason Partners LLC via AP)

DHS to begin building border wall prototypes in San Diego

Josh Siegel · June 27, 2017 10:48 pm

President Obama formally blocked the controversial, long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline project last year, TransCanada, the company behind it, filed a NAFTA complaint seeking $15 billion in damages due to lost revenue. The complaint was withdrawn this year and the pipeline project has gone ahead under President Trump.

Business, Big Labor debate NAFTA tribunals

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2017 4:01 am