Senate parliamentarian nixes Trump’s ballroom fund in budget bill NBC News Top Stories By: Frank Thorp V · Kyla Guilfoil 17 May 2026 at 04:16 A GOP bill seeking $1 billion for the Secret Service to help finance President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom is in jeopardy as it faces pushback from a top Senate official.
Some Republicans aren’t sold on $1B price tag for Trump’s ballroom project NBC News Top Stories By: Sahil Kapur · Brennan Leach · Frank Thorp V 12 May 2026 at 21:28 Senate Republicans got a Secret Service briefing on how the proposed taxpayer funds would be spent. Several said they still aren’t convinced. © Celal GunesConstruction on the new White House ballroom as seen from the Washington Monument last week.