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Border wall crews ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

Pittsburgh Tribune Review and Washington Examiner describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Border wall crews ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico.
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Right / center-rightBorder wall crews ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

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Washington ExaminerNews report · Aug 4, 2:07 AM

Border wall crews ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

The Trump administration ordered construction crews to stop drilling industrial wells in New Mexico, currently in the throes of a drought, after local farmers complained it could put them o...

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Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewNews report · Aug 4, 1:35 AM

Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

PHOENIX — The Trump administration has ordered construction crews on a border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping groundwater needed to ma...

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Aug 4, 1:35 AM: Pittsburgh Tribune Review joined the source map.

Aug 4, 2:07 AM: Washington Examiner joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 2 sources · 1 bucket.