Democrats slam $1B White House ballroom plan as costs soar
Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer condemn a GOP plan to spend $1 billion on the White House East Wing Modernization ballroom, a project Trump had said would be privately funded; costs have ballooned from around $200 million to $400 million, and the package ties the ballroom funding to immigration-enforcement funding, with Republicans pushing it through via reconciliation.