Trump’s White House ballroom project faces panel vote after judge ordered halt – US politics live
The National Capital Planning Commission had previously delayed the vote after thousands of negative public comments Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. The National Capital Planning Commission will meet this afternoon to decide on Donald Trump’s White House $400m ballroom project, after a federal judge halted construction earlier this week. House Republicans announced that they will pass a bill, advanced by the Senate last week, to end the record-breaking partial Department of Homel
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During its brief pro forma session today, the US House took no action on the funding bill to end the historic DHS shutdown, after the Senate-passed legislation was sent to the lower chamber earlier today.
The House’s next procedural meeting will be on Monday, meaning the lapse in funding for several subagencies will continue until at least next week. However, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson may even wait until lawmakers return from a two-week recess to ensure the measure, that his party rejected last week, can pass.
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- House takes no action on bill to end historic DHS shutdown, dragging funding lapse into next week – US politics liveGuardian - World · Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · Apr 2, 2026, 3:19 PM
- Trump says he will sign order to pay all DHS employees – liveGuardian - World · Maya Yang (now); Shrai Popat and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · Apr 2, 2026, 4:54 PM
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