Apportionment of funds comes from two accounts intended to provide US Secret Service with extra money for training in aftermath of last year's assassination attempts on president, as per Democrats

Trump has tried to ward off criticism by insisting that taxpayer money would not be used. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump has tried to ward off criticism by insisting that taxpayer money would not be used. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The White House insists that private donations are paying for a new ballroom, but the administration is using taxpayer money for a series of security upgrades.

More than $350 million from President Donald Trump’s “ big, beautiful bill ” has been quietly directed to White House security, an allotment that Democrats warn appears to be helping fund his new ballroom project — despite the president’s insistence that no taxpayer dollars would be used. The apportionment of…

More than $350 million from President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" has been quietly directed to White House security, an allotment that Democrats warn appears to be helping fund

More than $350 million from President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has been quietly directed to White House security.

The White House contrasts Trump's D.C. renovation projects with the Obama Presidential Center, citing rising costs and delays ahead of its opening.

Former President Barack Hussein Obama and his wife Michelle welcomed a long list of Hollywood celebrities, former president, and world leaders for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, even as the Center has been engulfed in controversy for allegedly stiffing many black-owned building contractors for their construction fees.