Republicans eye picking up $400M tab for Trump's ballroom as some Dems open to 'discuss' idea

A cohort of Senate Republicans wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fund President Donald Trump's White House ballroom after a third assassination attempt was foiled over the weekend.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., plan to introduce legislation that would unlock $400 million for the administration to construct the ballroom.

It would effectively see Congress cover the tab for Trump's ballroom, which initially was projected to...