A federal judge rules that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may proceed with plans to build a border wall that would run through a levee system in a small Texas town. The ruling addresses an effort to block the construction and allows DHS to move forward with the project despite legal challenges raised over how the wall would be carried out in that specific location. Both outlets describe the decision as a court authorization for DHS to continue with the levee-system component of the border wall, setting aside the attempt to halt it. The coverage focuses on the judge’s permission for the project to proceed, rather than on DHS’s broader border-wall strategy. The articles do not indicate that the judge rejects all claims related to the wall, but they do agree that, for now, DHS is permitted to advance its construction in the area affected by the levee system.