An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
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The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas – including Big Bend National Park – on Monday, pausing a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked that work while it considers whether the administration had the authority to bypass environmental requirements.