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'Another unauthorized Trump fund': Dems fume over $300 million in taxpayer money
The Ballroom Is the PointPublic Money, Private VanityThe reporting is simple enough: the White House Office of Management and Budget moved $352 million inside the Secret Service budget, money originally set aside for training and recruitment, and the administration is now saying it is tied to White House security. Democrats say the real destination is Trump’s luxury ballroom, a project Trump had claimed would not cost taxpayers a dime.That is the story’s surface. The political story is what it reveals: the state’s security machinery, budget authority, and congressional control are being bent…
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