Story highlights Paul Ryan is taking a trip to the border -- but his staff isn't saying much about it

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Washington (CNN) Rep. Paul Ryan's secretive trip to the border, President Donald Trump's moves on Obamacare and Steve Bannon's media victory -- those stories and more fill out this week's Inside Politics forecast.

1) The House speaker's staff tries to keep his border trip quiet

Rep. Paul Ryan is headed to the US-Mexico border this week. His staff is keeping quiet on the details. The other members of Congress who are joining Ryan on the trip aren't being so tight-lipped.

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CNN's Manu Raju shared some details from his sources on the Hill. "Congressman John Carter, of Texas, told reporters last week one of the reasons they are going down there is to look at what can and can't be done in terms of building the wall along the border with Mexico -- whether or not they can actually fulfill Donald Trump's main campaign promise," said Raju.

"It comes, of course, as a number of Republicans and conservatives, in particular, are concerned about the price tag of this wall, upwards of $20 billion -- and demanding spending cuts to pay for the wall."

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