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Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump ballroom security request

politicsMay 20, 2026171,836

Senate Republicans removed a $1 billion proposal to fund Secret Service security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s planned White House East Wing ballroom from an immigration enforcement funding bill. Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the East Wing revamp, and Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled against including the funding; President Trump then demanded MacDonough be fired. The cut is a direct setback for the ballroom project and highlights GOP disagreements over spending as lawmakers haggle over immigration and security funding.

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