Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon arrested in border wall fraud case Former top Trump strategist Steve Bannon was arrested and charged on Thursday along with three others for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in a Mexico border wall fundraising campaign, in a blow to the Republican incumbent.

Pentagon shifts $3.8 bn more to Mexico border wall The US Defense Department said on Thursday it is shifting another $3.8 billion towards paying for a wall on the US-Mexico border as President Donald Trump extended his "national emergency" declaration over unlawful migration for another year.

Trump denounces impeachment inquiry as a 'coup' Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced the impeachment inquiry threatening his presidency as a "coup",  as his administration pushed back hard against the investigation.

In victory for Trump, top US court permits asylum restrictions The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to implement asylum restrictions that prevent most Central American migrants from applying at the US border.

Pentagon frees $3.6 billion for wall construction on Mexican border The US Defense Department said Tuesday it was freeing up US$3.6 billion in funds budgeted for other projects to build a wall on the Mexican border as ordered by President Donald Trump.

Trump renews Mexico tariff threat amid row over migration deal US President Donald Trump renewed his threat Monday to impose tariffs on Mexico as controversy erupted over what exactly is in the countries' new migration deal, which the Mexican government admitted would be reviewed in 45 days.

Trump hits Mexico with new import tariffs US President Donald Trump, incensed by a surge of immigrants across the southern border, has vowed to impose a tariff on all goods coming from Mexico starting at five per cent and ratcheting higher until the flow ceases.

Baby dead, 3 missing after raft capsizes on US-Mexico border A baby boy died after plunging into the fast-moving waters of the Rio Grande River as his family tried to cross into the United States on a rubber raft, authorities said on Thursday.

Trump aide predicts 'hundreds of miles' of border wall by 2020

A top adviser to Donald Trump said on Sunday that the president's emergency declaration could allow "hundreds of miles" of barriers to be built on the Mexican border before the 2020 election.

VN stocks retreat from four-day rally

Vietnamese shares corrected from a four-day rally on strong selling pressure as investors attempted to cash out from the surging markets.