GOP Proposes $1B Taxpayer Bailout for Trump's White House Ballroom

Senate Republicans, led by Chuck Grassley, propose steering about $1 billion in taxpayer funds toward security upgrades for the White House perimeter to support Trump’s East Wing modernization/ballroom project, tucked into a broader bill on immigration enforcement; the piece argues this would use public money to back a Trump project and highlights ethics concerns over undisclosed corporate donations, while noting Tennessee’s new congressional map and its potential political fallout.