{"id":53237,"date":"2026-04-28T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/28\/republicans-now-plan-for-taxpayers-to-cover-trumps-400-million-privately-funded-ballroom-the-independent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:05:00","slug":"republicans-now-plan-for-taxpayers-to-cover-trumps-400-million-privately-funded-ballroom-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/28\/republicans-now-plan-for-taxpayers-to-cover-trumps-400-million-privately-funded-ballroom-the-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans now plan for taxpayers to cover Trump\u2019s $400 million \u2018privately funded\u2019 ballroom &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxOQVBsUFlLcmhxOURRWUY4ek9fWS1HemJzVUtSRHE0R1ZLNjZlRmczbUJFQ1QwQ3dzQWtIT2cxZXM2SEt3Vi01VlR3eU40Mnpnbk9pWWVkODd2N0JEYU9lNms4bzV5bU5pQVo5Y1I4RE43Q0RfQ2xGc0tQSXNld0JncnpYbDBhRVZzUVBHSG1nUklZb1pIcXhRNzFOVHI3VHhxT3lkMHE3ZUdieVZPOHJlb2dTbk5Jdk1mbjU3YWc1OE5LaENTNnRMTndkbGwwWmxn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans now plan for taxpayers to cover Trump\u2019s $400 million \u2018privately funded\u2019 ballroom<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Independent<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQLTBzb1NpMkFETTJOUExDN3BWdmt4cmdYNmtGdkFvVlgxQVBnMlFOTHc1YkItVmhWSGRXWldLTTYtR3ZPOWVTOFhtNnBINEMyYVIzS1RrV2tYX0ZKbXZ6VEdhWnRSRUI2eGV6RjlSemdhb1NUVFhUNWt0X2NtNW1HM1prY2o1ZldoWjlkV2lpQ1ZaZFJRakNKZU1FYnQ2WWvSAaQBQVVfeXFMTk5TMTFBV3NYNnlmUlZhLWZ2ejlEMmY1RHlKT0ItcHloY2h3b3RkalBLY2ZNWVdta2kwY28tMlVQdFNwZHZHWG5jY1F6a3VFWFNLVlY2ckZNNDRVc3hvdGRnQjM1MTBJLXp5bkwtX2d4YzlEbUtPZ0dpNzdKZEhCNHc0YXdkN1lMbDNLdm5VdGxITGhrTDU4TW5VNTRLYjE5QlFyaHQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Acting AG Blanche asks court to let White House ballroom construction resume after press dinner shooting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPNTdoRnl3RzlSU0xFUVkxOWpiSU9pbjF6QkVFWVNPNTRlYU51aDljSTF3YWt3dG5DcFpLSmNRbzEzcVJWYmVZUXBtejM3Z1NrQ1pObWNnQkRna21vSUVHaGpkVWZGcWd1VGVkMkxmclZyakhtQldQNEpjcm9ZSmJOQzlVZlo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">In Trump-like tone, government lawyers ask court to undo ruling halting work on White House ballroom<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNMkxxQlZTYUZvejRIYXlKT2NiUldlcXMydVB2UnZvLXAxY0lVUGtxRVVDeE56VW5EeUNfZ09RX21SSldzWkV2Z0cwQW9KREo2YmdTYm8weDB6Vkh5bU5BMS1DQTJnN3FaVFpmaGNBUlFwNDI3eEhXRm1WLWVUa0VJMnRNXzJXRzVfLUcwbNIBkgFBVV95cUxPc1RZOW11RU44dERqQTl4Sm5sTW1ZTDJxalhZZXQ3ZTNTVVBKUzRqSjAzM2tBZHVEN2RaTFpoMVc1bWhkVmE4Y1IycXZySlJZbThqUTcyUEZNNnNqN19yZERhTGhBQ1BMNWpHM0lkMjh2a2s3MHN5ZGV1NXhPNjY0dHc2VVNrWG5sM25YVE9uX3l3Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Republican on Trump ballroom push: \u2018We have $39 trillion of debt\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQb0FEamZOYU9sWmdnLS1UaUF5czRUQ3oydndpTmZzTTJqeXlOeUFyYkpRaVRWdWxYb0xZVi00MEZ5OEZzLVZqVWVxa0oxTFBIcV9ZdmZMVjVONzNzR1ZCRVF0MXNqOGpGOVptMlotNGxIbXlQN0pLa0tabVVON3FpXzVGQXdKUU5XbVJ1RTdMdDA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Adopting Trump\u2019s Voice, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Let Ballroom Proceed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans now plan for taxpayers to cover Trump\u2019s $400 million \u2018privately funded\u2019 ballroom&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent Acting AG Blanche asks court to let White House ballroom construction&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/28\/republicans-now-plan-for-taxpayers-to-cover-trumps-400-million-privately-funded-ballroom-the-independent\/\" 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-53237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53237","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=53237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}