President Trump's proposed 2018 budget asks for only $1.6 billion for a proposed border wall, far short of the money needed to build one and even less than what the president asked for just a few months ago. The White House has drastically scaled back demands for funds to construct a border wall, seeking $1.6 billion in the budget headed for Congress on Tuesday – $2.5 billion less than announced just two months ago. And there is still no plan to force Mexico to pay for the project as the president vowed throughout the campaign. The Trump budget blueprint rolled out in mid-March called for $2.6 billion toward wall construction by the end of 2018. The stopgap budget that runs through Sept. 30 includes $1.5 billion for border security. But in cutting the deal with Democrats, President Donald Trump dropped a demand to use any of those funds for new barrier construction along the Southwest border. Even so, John Czwartacki, communications director...(Read Full Post)