Pence campaigns in Georgia Senate races; Biden settles on EPA, interior nominees Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner © Melina Mara/The Washington Post Vice President Pence appears at a rally last week in August, Ga., for the Republican candidates in Georgia s two Senate runoffs next month. Vice President Pence made another trip to Georgia on Thursday to campaign for the pair of Republicans competing in next month’s Senate runoffs, which will determine whether his party maintains control of the chamber with a Democrat in the White House. President-elect Joe Biden, meanwhile, has decided to nominate Michael S. Regan, who heads the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) as the next secretary of the interior, the first Native American in the post. Biden has advertised no public events Thursday. Neither has President Trump.
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A Customs and Border Patrol vehicle carries two detained migrants down from Montezuma s Pass in Coronado National Memorial, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Hereford, Ariz. Construction of the border wall, mostly in government owned wildlife refuges and Indigenous territory, has led to environmental damage and the scarring of unique desert and mountain landscapes that conservationists fear could be irreversible. (AP Photo/Matt York) December 18, 2020 - 10:00 AM
GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. - Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald Trumpâs border wall before his term ends next month.
2020/12/17 22:26 Myles Traphagen, Borderlands Program Coordinator for Wildlands Network, walks through a marsh area as the top of a newly erected border wall cuts thro. Myles Traphagen, Borderlands Program Coordinator for Wildlands Network, walks through a marsh area as the top of a newly erected border wall cuts through the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Douglas, Ariz. Construction of the border wall, mostly in government owned wildlife refuges and Indigenous territory, has led to environmental damage and the scarring of unique desert and mountain landscapes that conservationists fear could be irreversible. (AP Photo/Matt York) Crews construct a section of border wall in San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Douglas, Ariz. Construction of the bor.
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In its final weeks, the administration is rushing to complete more of its signature border barriers. How much got built? Here s everything you need to know:
How long is the wall today? President Trump inherited 654 miles of border structure along America s 1,900-mile border with Mexico. Over four years, he s constructed 415 miles, although of that total, only about 25 miles cover areas that had no previous barriers. The rest replaced or reinforced existing structures. In the most heavily fortified places, the barrier consists of two walls of concrete and steel bollards up to 30 feet high separated by a paved road. In recent months, the pace of work has surged. Right now, 11 private contractors under the auspices of the Army Corps of Engineers are working around the clock to add at lea
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