Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize the private land it needs to build a border wall in south Texas. The Justice Department has filed three lawsuits so far this month against landowners in the Rio Grande Valley, targeting border towns and farms at Texas’ southernmost point. Many more…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is celebrating the launch of Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years. It is authorized in the 2020 national defense bill Trump signed into law Friday. Trump says: “American superiority in space is absolutely vital. And we’re leading, but we’re not leading by enough,…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – U.S. border officers who were charged with turning away asylum seekers coming from Mexico accused their leadership of misleading the public and disregarding concerns for their own safety, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. A March 2019 letter sent to the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection demanded that…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- A commercial real estate company is finding new purposes for the old Rangers Ballpark, Globe Life Park. Trenton Price, Director of Vision Commercial Real Estate says they’re looking to fill a 4-story office tower inside the ballpark with traditional office users like medical, law firms, architecture and engineering. They’re also looking to fill…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – The Dallas Regional Chamber is praising Congress for this week’s passage of the the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. “Ratification of the USMCA is critical to our economic future here in Texas because it will preserve and strengthen our trade ties to Canada and Mexico, which are by far the largest markets for Texas exports,” said Chris Nielsen,…… MORE