Highlights from our December newsletter include:

• A federal judge in El Paso blocked $3.6 billion in border wall funding.
• The Obamas close on a 29-acre estate in Martha’s Vineyard for $11.75 million.
• Ikea acquires 42,000 acres of Texas timberland and 18,000 more acres in Oklahoma.

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