Senate will not pass $70bn homeland security bill that includes $1bn for security measures for controversial project – key US politics stories from Thursday, 21 May

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected…

Democratic senators plan to force a vote this week on U.S. President Donald Trump’s new $1.776 billion settlement fund to compensate political allies, testing Republican unity as…