Trump can't divert military funds for border wall, federal appeals court says

(CNN) - The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on the US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, days after President Donald Trump's visit to a section of the wall in Arizona.

In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the transfer of $2.5 billion circumvented Congress, which holds the authority to appropriate money.
The legal fight over Defense Department funds stems from Trump's national emergency declaration on the US-Mexico border last year. Trump extended...