The City of New Orleans says it has spent more than 18 months preparing to host its 11th Super Bowl on Feb. 9.

Like the border wall, building a detention center for migrants in Guantanamo Bay is nothing new. The scale, though, is frighteningly new.

Gaping holes have appeared in an iconic seaside hotel that’s been left unused and abandoned for several years. Fears are now rising the building will have to be demolished to protect residents and ...