GOP backs away from $1B White House security bid amid ballroom controversy

Senate Republican leaders are expected to abandon a proposed $1 billion security package for the White House complex and Trump’s ballroom amid GOP backlash, hoping to attach the funding to a roughly $70 billion immigration-enforcement bill via reconciliation; Democrats oppose the timing and use of funds, and questions linger about the separate $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies, while House Speaker Mike Johnson says the bill will pass in whatever form it takes as negotiations continue.