Ballroom funding stalls in GOP budget plan after WHCD shooting
Funding for the White House ballroom cannot be folded into the GOP’s party-line immigration enforcement reconciliation bill, according to three aides, threatening a roughly $400 million project and prompting fallback options like standalone legislation. Senate leadership is noncommittal and Democrats are unlikely to back the ballroom; a court has halted construction pending explicit authorization. The WHCD shooting has spurred security reviews and calls to tighten Secret Service protocols, with hearings and security overhauls anticipated.