06.02.26 - What slush fund fears mean for reconciliation

Republicans in Congress spent May racing to funnel more taxpayer money to President Trump’s mass deportation machine via a party-line reconciliation bill. That effort began unraveling before Memorial Day—first over a now-stricken $1 billion earmark for the President’s 90,000 square-foot ballroom , now over a $1.8 billion taxpayer-financed slush fund to compensate Americans who believe the…