UPDATE 1-US Republican senator says Trump ballroom funding removed from spending bill
Published on: May 21, 2026, 1:10 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Thune said one of the unresolved issues was whether around $780 million in additional Secret Service spending would be maintained even if the ballroom was not going forward. While the controversy of spending federal money on what Democrats call a "gilded vanity project" for Trump has been the focus of attention in the past few weeks, the $72 billion for Department of Homeland Security immigrant deportations has also been roiling Congress as the midterm election campaigns get underway.
