Republicans could abandon $1bn proposal for Trump’s ballroom – US politics live
Republican senators have queried the timing and lack of detail in secret service bid to add money to the Department for Homeland security bill Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Senate Republicans could strip Donald Trump’s lavish White House ballroom complex from the Department of Homeland Security funding bill after members queried the timing and lack of detail in the $1bn Secret Service request. The US issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro , Cuba’s former presi
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- Republicans could abandon $1bn proposal for Trump’s ballroom – US politics liveGuardian - World · Maham Javaid (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · May 21, 2026, 2:55 PM
- Democrats release 2024 presidential campaign autopsy; Republicans could abandon $1bn proposal for Trump’s ballroom – liveGuardian - World · Lucy Campbell (now); Maham Javaid and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · May 21, 2026, 5:10 PM
- Trump insists White House ballroom security costs would be ‘very good expenditure’ despite Republican backlash – liveGuardian - World · Maham Javaid (now); Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose (earlier) · May 21, 2026, 5:57 PM
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