Senate Scrutiny Grows Over Secret Service Money Used for Trump's Ballroom

Senators allege the White House redirected $352 million from a Trump tax-cut reconciliation bill earmarked for Secret Service and White House security toward financing the East Wing modernization and a Trump ballroom. The White House maintains private donations will cover the ballroom and that security needs justify the funds, while critics say it resembles covert taxpayer funding for a pet project and warn of long-term budget implications for security personnel and related programs.