Global News: Daily News Briefing
Oct 3, 2026 · 6 min · 9 segments
US District Judge Kathleen Cardone granted the order following more than four hours of court testimony, blocking federal contractors and the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out any further ground-disturbing activities.
The ruling halts infrastructure work across a five-hundred-mile stretch of West Texas, directly protecting Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and environmentally sensitive lands along the Rio Grande while a federal lawsuit challenging the project moves forward.
The court order stems from a federal lawsuit filed in April by the Center for Biological Diversity alongside local property owners and regional preservation advocates.
Co-plaintiffs include the Friends of the Ruidosa Church, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving historic adobe landmarks in Presidio County, and Danny William Miller, a local Rio Grande river guide and landowner.
US District Judge Kathleen Cardone granted the order following more than four hours of court testimony, blocking federal contractors and the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out any further ground-disturbing activities.
The ruling halts infrastructure work across a five-hundred-mile stretch of West Texas, directly protecting Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, and environmentally sensitive lands along the Rio Grande while a federal lawsuit challenging the project moves forward.
The court order stems from a federal lawsuit filed in April by the Center for Biological Diversity alongside local property owners and regional preservation advocates.
Co-plaintiffs include the Friends of the Ruidosa Church, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving historic adobe landmarks in Presidio County, and Danny William Miller, a local Rio Grande river guide and landowner.
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