The Trump administration quietly redirected more than $350 million in federal funds toward its White House ballroom project — weeks after Congress, in a rare bipartisan vote, told the president no. The money comes from accounts meant for Secret Service hiring and training after last year's assassination attempts, and it flows straight into a project Trump promised would cost taxpayers nothing.
The move raises real questions about executive power and broken promises. Senator Chuck Grassley, the Republican Judiciary chairman who drafted the original security funding, said he had no idea the money was being redirected:
