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Contractor Estimates Put Trump White House Ballroom at $600 Million With Roughly Half From Public Funds

The gap between internal cost projections and White House statements has prompted review by courts, Congress, and investigators.

Judge Accepts DOJ Claim That $1.8 Billion Anti‑Weaponization Fund Is Not Moving Forward

Freedom 250 Concerts Falter as Most Headliners Quit and Trump Offers to Replace Them

Board of Peace Fund Empty as Donations Routed to Private JPMorgan Account

DOJ Asks Court to Lift Injunction on Trump White House Ballroom

Judge Weighs Halt to White House East Wing Demolition as Documents Reveal Quiet GOP Dissent

Gateway Tunnel Funding Restored, Construction to Resume Next Week

Appropriators Unveil First 2026 Spending Package as Jan. 30 Deadline Nears

Texas Lawmakers Ask DOJ to Probe Smithsonian Over Discovery Lobbying Allegations

Shutdown Reaches Day 8 as White House Questions Back Pay and Senate Stalls

DHS Approves $44 Million for Helene and Chantal as North Carolina Waits for Reimbursements

Appeals Court Lets Trump Suspend Billions in Foreign Aid

White House to Break Ground on Privately Financed $200 Million Ballroom in September

Trump Reverses Pause on Worksite Raids, Escalates Deportation Effort

Elon Musk’s Denunciation of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Deepens Republican Divide

Senate Republicans Clash Over Trump’s Tax-and-Spending Bill After Musk’s ‘Disgusting Abomination’ Critique