{"id":112317,"date":"2026-06-05T00:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/05\/ballroom-donors-won-50b-in-contracts-after-giving-to-trump-project-watchdog-group-finds-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:40:30","slug":"ballroom-donors-won-50b-in-contracts-after-giving-to-trump-project-watchdog-group-finds-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/05\/ballroom-donors-won-50b-in-contracts-after-giving-to-trump-project-watchdog-group-finds-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxONnBOekNfNDZtd0VRaVd5VGNlYVVDX19DZjM3bGhNZXBnWHk4dFNFSGJqNHUwUVdfRjItOGI3MHZmSFhOaWY5QUdfS1o3WlBEajVYc0txZlRMRjA3U01ZT2doZURGNmdkeW1kZ282RUxlWWhjU0g5Z0paU0ZqcUw2N1hIMHBBc3FwUjU1aHNDZFNlajZSeGhtVVkzcENJdG5DU1FicXNaNVR6SXBEZjd5U3BZdUNCd08zYV9iQ0M4SkJHUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5KVzE1QkdfS18xLXdPQ0o0QVk5OXExSnJBdDgtRmxWdERmMkdBWWNxTDlONGhreF9hY21IMkdzbjFqOUo3UWFtZ1lNSS0xNE1QTzlxaVNrSDRmQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How Trump&#8217;s White House ballroom plan has doubled in size and cost over a year<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiX0FVX3lxTFBMQmp5NVdBX3ZrOEoxRG9ESmhVb0ZoOHRYWW1MaEJfMkEzdG9oX3FHM2hBcUhHU2ozWE1EWmE3UlNILUlqcEhuRGxuS1lTNTJvX2d6VlRrVVQyZWN5azZj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">BALLROOM BILLIONS<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Public Citizen<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNNHpjYXJrVnhTMHpERXFlaFU5RnJ3OTJZRFUwem5lS0oxNFRPUE41MF9KcTJUNFUyMENlRTdsYy1zTnF0OC1OenhCeVZNdnZiMnEwRXlsZW9iMV9vTzNBZWw0TUFjYjF5WG56YWN5WlBtNHpQVU5rZmpFU0VENmJiSExRSjJITzJPRGg0bmN2M2loX215dzlr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Elissa Slotkin Says Trump &#8216;Budget&#8217; A Reflection Of Priorities: Billions In Ballroom, &#8216;Weaponization Fund&#8217; Can Instead Feed School Kids For 10 Years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPQnpmenc3RV8yUGtVbHREWlBJVmpOSEFvb2tndzRIZ0g2YWZnYlpyajBkUTkzaDliMTZCNHExQk51WUxfLWFTSnBnM1ozbnJZWFJYNG1pWkdtamlLWndoYUFqUGZtbHlaTVd4cHlKZnlXZVJmWlB2WVZBbDZaNVBkUVFDQTNfd1BoTFNhSHBDLU40TkJRU1BHdkJPbksyNVZ3YS1lSFBnUGV6OWlfNDlUWTI5RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Senate candidate John E. Sununu supports public funding for Trump ballroom<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Granite Post News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post How Trump&#8217;s White House ballroom plan has doubled in&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/05\/ballroom-donors-won-50b-in-contracts-after-giving-to-trump-project-watchdog-group-finds-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}