Trump to demand $8.6 billion in new wall funding, setting up fresh battle with Congress - The Boston Globe

Trump to demand $8.6 billion in new wall funding, setting up fresh battle with Congress - The Boston Globe: In Trump’s annual budget request to Congress, he will ask for $5 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security to continue building sections of a wall along the Mexico border and another $3.6 billion for the Defense Department’s military construction budget to erect more sections of a wall.