Crews finish 3,500-ft pipeline at federal Hanford site to move long-buried radioactive wastes to giant treatment plant 20 years in the making, with no DOE update on status of big operations contract award

As feds award $565M in back-to-back barrier contracts in city of Laredo, opponents fight land seizures and watchdog cites flawed construction plans.

Majority allows construction until court decides merits of case against DOD budget raids next term; Justice Breyer wrote court dissent.