Surplus border wall material headed for auction in Arizona was blocked by the U.S. government according to Texas officials.

Gov. Dan Patrick said late Wednesday that Texas was never notified about the sale of the unused border wall materials and expressed interest in purchasing the steel bollards used in border fence ...

The auctioneer would give Texas the first chance the buy the used border wall materials, should they go back up for sale, Patrick wrote. "Governor (Greg) Abbott and I stand ready to buy them if ...