Via #RawStory @ 10:01pm ET May 16, 2026

#Trump #ballroom funding hits a major obstacle as #SenateRepublicans prepare to vote

The Senate parliamentarian ruled Saturday night that the #GOP majority cannot include $1 billion for the proposed #WhiteHouse ballroom in their bill funding #Immigration enforcement under the strict rules for #reconciliation bills, which could save them from a politically unpalatable vote, reported #HuffPost.

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The New Republic | Elizabeth Warren Warns Trump’s Plot to Take Over Fed Isn’t Finished by Malcolm Ferguson

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Senator Elizabeth Warren warned that the Justice Department’s decision to drop its investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is not a triumph for the Trump administration but a tactical maneuver to clear the way for Trump’s preferred successor, former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. Warren argued the move is meant to “clear the path” for Senate Republicans to install Warsh—whom she called a “sock‑puppet”—and noted that Republican Senator Thom Tillis has already refused to confirm Warsh until the legal matter is resolved. She criticized the DOJ for threatening to revive a “bogus” probe of Powell while abandoning a baseless case against a Fed governor, and urged the Senate to reject Warsh’s nomination, saying any belief that Trump’s scheme to control the Fed is over is “fooling themselves.”

Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/209491/elizabeth-warren-trump-plot-take-over-federal-reserve-not-finished

#ElizabethWarren #JeromePowell #KevinWarsh #FederalReserve #SenateRepublicans #JeffreyEpstein #ThomTillis

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