Trump 'slush fund' a flashpoint as Senate leaves without funding DHS

Key Points:

• The Senate will recess this week without approving a $72 billion funding package for immigration enforcement agencies, missing the June 1 deadline set by President Trump amid disputes over a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund linked to Trump allies.
• Senate Republicans are divided over including funding for a proposed White House ballroom, with the Senate parliamentarian ruling a $1 billion Secret Service provision for the project ineligible for the budget reconciliation process.
• Democrats plan to use a vote-a-rama procedure to highlight contentious issues in the funding package, including Trump's ballroom funding and the anti-weaponization fund, which could potentially pay people targeted by the Biden administration.
• The funding package aims to cover immigration enforcement money omitted from an earlier Department of Homeland Security bill, but Democrats oppose funding ICE and CBP following civilian deaths during a federal immigration crackdown.
• Republican Senator Bill Cassidy criticized the anti-weaponization fund as fiscally irresponsible and lacking accountability, reflecting broader GOP intraparty tensions over Trump-related priorities in the package.