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Federal funding for Trump's ballroom in jeopardy after Senate ruling

The decision by the Senate's parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, deals a blow to Trump and his administration, which has sought the money for security purposes related to the ballroom.

US President Donald Trump talks to members of the media while holding up renderings of the planned White House ballroom, aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 29, 2026.
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks at the Justice Department, December 4, 2025; illustrative.

Democratic lawmakers grill FBI’s Kash Patel over report alleging excessive drinking

 US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to the Senate floor at the US Capitol in Washington, US, October 21, 2021.

This isn’t pro-Israel: Cutting US aid to Israel rewards its enemies - opinion

A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

US House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night vote


Biden says commitment to Israel's security is ironclad after meeting with National Security Council

Hear what Democrat and Republican members have to say about Iran's attack on Israel.

 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024.

Democratic Senators to Biden: Increase supply of medicine to Gaza

According to Elizabeth Warren's office, the last remaining functioning hospitals do not have the medicines and supplies needed to be considered “fully operational."

 Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024.

Republican senators: building a pier in Gaza ignores the problem's root cause

The deployment ignores the most "basic cause of Gaza's humanitarian crisis: the fact that Hamas ignited the current war on October 7," the senators said in a letter.

 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023.

'Promised to work for the American public 24/6': Former advisor eulogizes Senator Joe Lieberman

Lieberman and his family maintained a kosher household and strictly observed Shabbat. In a remarkable instance, he walked to the Capitol post-Shabbat services to prevent a Republican filibuster.

 JOE LIEBERMAN

Bipartisan bill introduced to make reporting campus antisemitism, and discrimination easier

“All students deserve to learn and live on college campuses without fear of discrimination, harassment, or intimidation,” Manning said in the release.

Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

Senator Schumer: You are no guardian of Israel - opinion

It is both audacious and insulting for the majority leader of the US Senate to say what he did about a fellow democracy and ally of the US.

 US SENATE Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, last week.

Biden: Schumer’s Israel concerns shared by many Americans

The president added that Schumer had contacted his senior staff to let them know he planned to deliver the speech.

 US President Joe Biden attends the Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, US, March 15, 2024.

Lindsey Graham says Schumer's Israel comments 'earth-shatteringly bad'

"Whether you like Bibi or not, it's not the question. The question is, is it appropriate for anybody in this body telling another country to take their government down?" Graham said

 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to members of the press at Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump's South Carolina Republican presidential primary election night party in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. February 24, 2024.

'Israel not a banana republic': Netanyahu slams Schumer's 'undermining' speech

Yair Lapid: Schumer's speech "is proof that, one by one, Netanyahu is losing the staunchest supporters of Israel."

Senator Chuck Schumer

Schumer: Netanyahu a major obstacle for peace, Israel must hold elections

Schumer identified Netanyahu as one of four main obstacles to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East.

  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz