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Republicans expected to abandon $1B security proposal for White House and Trump’s ballroom

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Updated 11:11 PM CDT, May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom on Thursday after members of their own party questioned the timing and the lack of detail in the Secret Service request.

Pressured by the White House, Republicans have tried to add the money to a roughly $70 billion bill to restore funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. But the security proposal met with backlash from some GOP lawmakers who are questioning the cost and how the taxpayer dollars would be used.

The bill’s text has not yet been released, but the Senate hopes to pass it this week and send it to the House before leaving for a weeklong Memorial Day recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged “ongoing vote issues” on Wednesday as leaders tired to measure Republican support, as well as “ongoing parliamentarian issues” as they try to figure out what will be allowed in the bill under the chamber’s rules.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said Wednesday that the bill would be “back to square one” without the security money because “the votes are not there.” ...

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Senate GOP delays reconciliation vote amid opposition to DOJ fund, ballroom

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Washington — Senate Republicans said they will not be voting on a reconciliation package to fund the Department of Homeland Security's immigration agencies on Thursday, delaying consideration of the measure in the face of opposition to the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization" fund and security funding tied to the White House ballroom.

Senate Republicans' $72 billion package hit a snag when members in both chambers began voicing concerns about the inclusion of $1 billion in Secret Service security funding, including for the president's East...
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Trump postponing AI executive order "because I didn't like what I was seeing"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — President Trump on Thursday said he delayed the signing of an executive order on artificial intelligence expected that afternoon because he doesn't want to "get in the way" of the United States leading the world in the development and advancement of AI.

The president was expected to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon concerning the federal government's approach to AI, building on the administration's efforts in championing AI advancement in the U.S. But early Thursday afternoon, the president told reporters in an unrelated Oval...
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‘Seattle can’t survive this’: Critics hammer socialist mayor after Starbucks reversal

  • News source: FOX News
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Seattle's Democratic Mayor Katie Wilson’s sudden about-face on Starbucks is fueling fresh fears that progressive politics and anti-business rhetoric are driving jobs, investment and major employers out of deep-blue cities.

Wilson, who previously urged residents to boycott the Seattle-based coffee giant, admitted in an interview published Sunday that her comments "caused more harm than good" as criticism mounts over the city’s business climate and the company’s growing investment outside Washington state.

The socialist mayor’s reversal comes as the...
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DOJ puts blue states on notice as ICE fight barrels toward next constitutional showdown

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The Justice Department is threatening to sue four Democratic-led states for denying undercover license plates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, opening a new constitutional front in the immigration fight.

At issue is whether the blue states are simply refusing to help ICE carry out civil immigration enforcement, or whether withholding confidential plates interferes with the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law.

Charles "Cully" Stimson, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said the states are playing a...
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Charges dismissed against official at school where 6-year-old shot teacher

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The child fired a single shot at a teacher, who had to have surgery after the incident in 2023.
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Walmart warns US shoppers are cutting spending as higher petrol prices bite

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The retail giant said it expects customers to cut back in the coming months due to higher gas prices.
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Reckoning Action organization targets American misogyny, pushes congressional accountability

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Reckoning Action, an advocacy organization founded by Cheyenne Hunt, is targeting misogyny and gender bias in America. Nancy Cordes reports.
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Obama’s baseball outing with Castro reignites fury after Trump DOJ drops hammer on Cuban leader

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Former Cuban President Raúl Castro was indicted Wednesday in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four people — reviving scrutiny of former President Barack Obama’s highly publicized 2016 trip to Havana.

"President Obama’s approach to Cuba was not merely a policy mistake. It was a diplomatic disaster — naive at best, incompetent at worst, and deeply disrespectful to the dissidents, political prisoners and victims who suffered under the Castro regime," former Miami mayor Francis Suarez, who is Cuban-American, told...
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9/11 steel beam arrives at Florida school where Bush learned America was under attack

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A steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center arrived Tuesday at the Florida elementary school where then-President George W. Bush learned the United States was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001.

The beam was brought to Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s "Steel Across America" tour commemorating the upcoming 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card, who informed Bush that a second plane had struck the World Trade Center, attended the ceremony...
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Wall Street banks helped Chinese military-linked firm raise billions despite red flags, lawmakers find

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FIRST ON FOX: Congressional investigators are accusing major U.S. banks of helping a Chinese battery giant the Pentagon labeled a "Chinese military company" raise billions of dollars from global investors despite unresolved national security concerns.

A new report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party alleges JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America underwrote CATL’s Hong Kong IPO — helping the company raise money from investors through stock offerings — after the Pentagon designated the company under its Section 1260H list of...
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Republicans recoil as Trump's billion-dollar DOJ 'slush fund' for allies threatens ICE, Border Patrol plan

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Senate Republicans are breaking with President Donald Trump on his new, nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund as concerns over where the money comes from and who gets it ripple through the Capitol.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the $1.78 billion fund earlier this week in a deal struck between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to drop his $10 billion lawsuit. Shortly after, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was grilled by senators on the subject.

"This is an outrageous, unprecedented slush fund that you have set...
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Squad Dem slams Vance’s DOJ fraud probe claims: ‘They’re just saying stupid s---'

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., forcefully denied Vice President JD Vance’s claim that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating her for alleged fraud and immigration violations, dismissing the remarks as politically motivated.

"That is not something that is happening. That man is delusional," Omar told Fox News Digital.

Vance claimed on Tuesday that the DOJ is looking into allegations involving Omar’s immigration history and financial disclosures, including longstanding accusations that she married a man claimed to be her brother — part of her...
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Democrats release 2024 election autopsy that chair says 'does not meet my standards'

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Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is publicly disowning his party’s own 2024 election "autopsy," calling the long-delayed report a product that "does not meet my standards" after Democrats suffered what he described as a "painful and consequential" defeat to President Donald Trump.

The blunt admission came as Martin described Democrats’ 2024 defeat as a "punch to the gut" and acknowledged the party’s "brand is in trouble and needs repair."

"I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your...
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DNC releases long-awaited autopsy on 2024 election

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Washington — The Democratic National Committee on Thursday released a long-awaited autopsy on the 2024 election that party chair Ken Martin has kept under wraps for months, bowing to pressure to unveil a document that has become a source of consternation for many Democrats.

"How, we all asked, could Democrats have lost to Donald Trump again? How did we blow through billions of dollars? And where do we go from here?" Martin said in a statement announcing the release. "When I commissioned a comprehensive review of the 2024 election, I started a...
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Phantom employees' scandal spurs GOP crackdown on $36B incentive for companies to bypass Americans

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The discovery of 10,000 "phantom employees" exploiting a federal work program has helped spur Republicans to tackle the financial incentives behind a foreign worker pipeline costing Americans hundreds of thousands of jobs per year.

Under current federal law, hundreds of thousands of foreign students and employers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program are exempt from paying Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, which companies are required to pay for domestic workers. This has led to the creation...
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Democrats vow to vote 'every single day' to expel fellow Dem from Congress if she wins midterm

  • News source: FOX News
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Two Democratic lawmakers are threatening to force repeated votes to expel a fellow Democrat from Congress if Texas voters send her to Washington this November.

Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., say they will force repeated votes to remove Texas Democrat
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Iran steps up claim to control Strait of Hormuz

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Iran publishes a map claiming "armed forces oversight" across more than 22,000 sq km of the waterway.
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DR Congo cancels World Cup training camp over Ebola outbreak

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The outbreak, caused by a rare Ebola species, is thought to have caused 139 deaths so far.
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Gaza flotilla activists set for deportation from Israel as backlash grows

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Activists have begun to leave Israel after international outrage over their treatment as detainees.
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Trump says he will speak to Taiwan's president in break from protocol

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It comes as the US weighs whether to proceed with a $14bn arms sales to Taiwan, which China claims as its own.
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Sierra Leone becomes latest African country to receive deportees from US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Nine deportees arrive from the US as part of Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Rosenberg: Putin enjoys Xi's Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Russia and China showed they were shoulder-to-shoulder on the world stage, but it became clear there are limits, says the BBC's Russia Editor.
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DOJ onboards 82 new immigration judges in deportation push

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration this week onboarded more than 80 new federal immigration judges, in its latest push to expedite deportation cases and further its government-wide crackdown on illegal immigration, Justice Department officials said Thursday.

The Justice Department, which oversees the U.S. immigration court system, swore in 77 permanent immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges, a group that officials described as the largest class of immigration judges in the department's history.

The additions come after the ouster of dozens of...
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Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The companies were found guilty by a French court over an air disaster which killed 228 people.
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China says US should stop 'threats' against Cuba after ex-leader charged

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It comes after the US charged Cuba's ex-leader with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime.
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