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Senate GOP pushes back on Trump ballroom amid affordability worries

29 April 2026 at 10:00
Senate Republicans arenโ€™t in the mood to vote on legislation to greenlight President Trumpโ€™s controversial plan to build a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, as some GOP lawmakers see it as a bad political move in the current political climate, especially if it would require taxpayer funding. Republican senators generally support Trumpโ€™s call for the construction...

McConnell lays into Pentagon for sitting on $400M in Ukraine aid

28 April 2026 at 22:40
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who now chairs the powerful Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is taking the Pentagon to task for sitting on $400 million in military aid to Ukraine authorized by Congress. And he is putting the spotlight on Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of defense for policy, as the most likely obstacle...

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