President Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded ballroom just hit a major roadblock. A Republican senator confirmed the $1 billion earmark for the White House’s new 90,000-square-foot ballroom and its security upgrades has been scrapped from the latest spending bill. Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana said the money is officially out, at least for now. That’s a sharp turn from the original pitch, which promised no federal funding would be needed for the project.
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