英国前卫长确认竞选工党党魁

2026年5月17日 21:02 / 联合早报

英国前卫长确认竞选工党党魁

英国前卫生部长斯特里廷周六在一个亲工党政治组织主办的会议上，首次发表公开演讲时宣布将参加工党党魁竞选。 （彭博社）

（伦敦综合电）日前辞职的英国卫生部长斯特里廷宣布，如果工党举行党首选举，他将参选。他是首位公开确认将竞选工党党魁的议员。

斯特里廷（Wes Streeting）周六（5月16日）在一个亲工党政治组织主办的会议上说：“我们（工党）需要一场真正的竞选，让最优秀的候选人都参与其中，而我会参选。”

他称，工党近期在地方选举的惨败是前所未有的，进步派人士越来越不相信工党能够迎接挑战，他重申工党需要的是思想的较量，而不是个人的较量。

他还说，英国脱离欧盟是一个“灾难性的错误”，脱欧导致英国目前的财富、权势和掌控力比工业革命前的任何时期都逊色。他称，英国的未来属于欧洲，有朝一日应重新加入欧盟。

工党在地方选举惨败后，斯塔默陷入执政危机。据英国广播公司（BBC）统计，目前已有超90名工党议员呼吁斯塔默辞职，但也有超过150名议员对他表示支持或认为目前不是举行党魁选举的适当时机。

工党规定，在任议员必须获得至少20%的工党议员支持，才能启动挑战党魁的程序。

斯特里廷表示不会立即发起党魁挑战，因为在大曼彻斯特市长伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）重返国会之前举行党魁选举，“不符合工党利益，也不符合国家利益”。他说，如果仓促举行党魁选举，新领导人可能缺乏足够合法性，从而延长不稳定和不确定性。

斯特里廷再次呼吁斯塔默制定“适当的领导层交接时间表”，并允许内阁部长自由提名新的工党党魁和首相人选。

伯纳姆告诉BBC，他正在寻求参加梅克菲尔德（Makerfield）选区的补选，以“拯救”工党。

他表示，这次选举必须成为重振工党、使工党脱离困境的契机。外界普遍预期，如果伯纳姆在补选中获胜重返国会，他将试图挑战首相斯塔默的工党领袖职位。

Transcript: Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 17, 2026

2026-05-17T10:48:59-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on May 17, 2026.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s representative to the United States. Ambassador, good to have you here in person. There hasn’t- there hasn’t been a call between an American president and a leader of Taiwan since 1979, but President Trump indicated to reporters there might be one coming. Is there a call planned with President Lai?

ALEXANDER YUI, TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES: Well, we’ll see, but President Trump, when he was in Beijing for the last two days, he mentioned that he heard a lot about Taiwan, you know, he heard a lot about Taiwan those two days in Beijing. But the problem is he heard only their side of the story, you know, he heard the Chinese story, or as I would say in Spanish, el cuento chino. I think he, if he has time, would love to tell him our side of the story, the Taiwan story, which is one that of resiliency, of a state staying up against the Chinese aggression. This has been going on for 77 years. This is not something that just happened when the DPP, the current ruling party in Taiwan, came to power. This has been going on for 77 years, since the inception of 1949 when they became a People’s Republic. So this is not a recent thing, as if we are the ones creating problems. It is China- People’s Republic of China, creating all this problems–

MARGARET BRENNAN: — So no call scheduled yet?–

YUI: Well, the communication between Taiwan and U.S. is constant, it’s current. But I’ll leave it to the U.S. to announce anything. If it happens.

MARGARET BRENNAN: It would be a big deal. He did speak to a past president as president-elect.

YUI: Yes, with President Tsai, yeah, 2015-16.

MARGARET BRENNAN: That’s right. So, China refers to your president as a separatist, in part because Lai has talked about being a “practical worker for Taiwan independence.” In an interview with Fox News, President Trump said he’s not looking to have somebody say let’s go be independent because the United States is backing us. Does Taiwan have any intention of declaring independence formally from China?

YUI: Well, let me first say that President Trump and Secretary Rubio have been very categorical during their visit to Beijing, publicly stating that there’s no change, United States’ longstanding position in Taiwan, which we want to express our appreciation for upholding this position. What is meant by Taiwan independence? My president just made a statement recently, just now, and it means that Taiwan is independent from the Chinese aggression, from the PRC, actually. The formal name of my country is Republic of China, and we’re not subordinate to the People’s Republic of China, in any way, at all, and that’s maintaining our sovereignty, our way of life, our democracy, our- our vibrant economy, our high-tech production.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

YUI: And that is, that is- what is meant by independence. We are sovereign, independent away from the Chinese People’s Republic of China’s attempt to swallow us as one of their own. They have never ruled or controlled Taiwan, ever.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

YUI: So that’s- that’s- that is meant by independence.

MARGARET BRENNAN: What President Trump, though, said- he wants Taiwan to cool it. He also wanted China to cool it. That seems to indicate that perhaps he was listening to Xi Jinping’s version of events and might have been persuaded?

YUI: Well, that’s why I, you know, if- we’d love to, given our part of the story–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah.

YUI: Not just listen to cuentos chinos, but- but I think that’s a statement of saying he wants status quo, President wants status quo, President Trump. That he wants no change in this- in the Taiwan Straits, neither through economic or military coercion, and that the peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits is good for all parties concerned. And that’s the position that Secretary Rubio mentioned during his interview, and that’s the one that we also long for. We have been a responsible member of- of Taiwan’s Straits. We want to strive for peace and stability. You know, President Trump doesn’t want a war 9,500 miles away.

MARGARET BRENNAN: That’s what he said.

YUI: We- we don’t want a war. We want peace and stability. We want to have our lives going on as- as usual, but we’re not the ones creating all this trouble, and that’s why you know it’s like we- our house, those are intruders trying to get into our house, we’re trying to beef up our security system. And then they complain, the intruder complains that because we’re trying to improve our security system it’s making his job harder.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Right. No, I hear your point. And on paper, President Trump’s administration has pledged near record amounts of defensive weapons and sales to Taiwan, but the deliveries haven’t really been happening. And in Beijing, President Trump told Fox he’s going to hold on to the latest weapons sale that Taiwan sought to purchase this year and use it as a negotiating chip with China. What impact will that have on your ability to deter China if you don’t get those weapons?

YUI: Well, exactly. If we don’t- if we want to prevent a war from happening, I think it’s best that Taiwan is strong, able to defend itself, and therefore we should be able to acquire- to buy the arms that we need to have a stronger defense, you know. We- we also abide, we believe in peace through strength, so actually it makes more sense for United States to sell us the arms, so we can defend ourselves, and so you don’t have to send your army 9,500 miles away to defend us.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, the so-called Six Assurances that the U.S. gave to Taiwan back in the Reagan-era included a pledge not to cut off arms sales to Taiwan and of no prior consultation with Beijing on such sales, but this is what the President told reporters about his discussion with Xi. Take a listen.

[SOUND ON TAPE STARTS]

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: So, what am I going to do? Say I don’t want to talk to you about it, because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982? No, we discussed arm sales.

QUESTION: What’s his request?

TRUMP: We discussed the Taiwan, you know, the whole thing with the arms sales, it was in great detail, actually, and I’ll be making decisions

[SOUND ON TAPE ENDS]

MARGARET BRENNAN: In “great detail.” Did that violate America’s commitment to Taiwan?

YUI: Well, again, but President Trump has also been very clear in saying that he did not agree on anything that the Chinese side–

MARGARET BRENNAN: –But he did say he’s going to hold onto those weapons. And not give them–

YUI: But he didn’t say he agreed to anything. So, again, the United States government has been consistent throughout all administrations since 1979 in providing arms to Taiwan, according to a Taiwan Relations Act, which is selling ours commensurate to the threat that Taiwan receives. And past administrations, including President Trump’s first term, made considerable amounts of sales, including the F-16 box 70s. And also in his second administration last year, he made two sales to Taiwan. Also, again, the last one also very considerable amount of money on arms sales. So, we believe again that having arms sales continue to Taiwan is in the interest of United States and Taiwan, to keep peaceful and stable Taiwan Straits.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, we will try to ask the administration for updates on when those deliveries might happen. But thank you very much, Ambassador.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Face the Nation will be back in a minute. Stay with us.

一辆标志性的古巴老爷车在哈瓦那街头缓缓驶过，一旁的巨幅广告牌上，依次展示着古巴已故领导人菲德尔·卡斯特罗、前领导人劳尔·卡斯特罗以及现任总统迪亚斯-卡内尔的肖像。 （路透社）

美国新闻网站Axios引述机密情报报道称，古巴已获得300多架军用无人机，并最近开始讨论利用这些无人机袭击美国关塔那摩湾基地、美国军舰以及可能位于哈瓦那以北90英里处的佛罗里达州基韦斯特的计划。

一位美国高级官员星期天（5月17日）透露，有情报显示，特朗普政府将古巴视为一大威胁，这不仅是由于无人机战的发展，也因为伊朗军事顾问在哈瓦那的存在。这份情报甚至可能成为美国采取军事行动的借口。

路透社未能立即核实这一报道。

一辆标志性的古巴老爷车在哈瓦那街头缓缓驶过，一旁的巨幅广告牌上，依次展示着古巴已故领导人菲德尔·卡斯特罗、前领导人劳尔·卡斯特罗以及现任总统迪亚斯-卡内尔的肖像。 （路透社）

美国新闻网站Axios引述机密情报报道称，古巴已获得300多架军用无人机，并最近开始讨论利用这些无人机袭击美国关塔那摩湾基地、美国军舰以及可能位于哈瓦那以北90英里处的佛罗里达州基韦斯特的计划。

一位美国高级官员星期天（5月17日）透露，有情报显示，特朗普政府将古巴视为一大威胁，这不仅是由于无人机战的发展，也因为伊朗军事顾问在哈瓦那的存在。这份情报甚至可能成为美国采取军事行动的借口。

路透社未能立即核实这一报道。

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关税与伊朗战争推高物价 特朗普流失拉美裔支持

2026年5月17日 22:20 / 联合早报

分析指出，许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。 （彭博社）

美国中期选举临近，生活费与通胀压力正成为拉美裔选民最关切的议题之一。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）公布的最新民调显示，七成受访者不满总统特朗普处理经济的表现，超过七成不认可他应对通胀和油价的方式；另有77%受访者认为，总统政策导致物价上涨。

在纽约一家拉美裔超市外，60岁的多米尼加裔家庭健康助理鲁斯坦德（Esmeralda Roustand）拎着两瓶橙汁和一份青香蕉鸡肉午餐说，这些东西已花去近20美元（约25.6新元）。她说，如今食品、房租和交通成本持续上涨，自己既要维持在美国的生活，也要定期寄钱给多米尼加的家人，压力越来越大。

鲁斯坦德的处境并非个例。虽然美国部分经济指标仍显示韧性，但许多拉美裔家庭感受到的压力，体现在越来越轻的购物袋、不断上涨的房租，以及被迫取消的外出和家庭活动上。

美国进步中心高级研究员、前白宫经济顾问内格隆（Michael Negrón）指出，通胀对拉美裔社区影响更大，因为这类家庭收入中较高比例用于食品、能源和交通等基本开销。

美劳工统计局数据显示，西班牙裔家庭近15%的预算用于食品，约8%用于能源，均高于全国平均水平。

在曼哈顿上城一家肉铺和杂货店工作七年的罗萨里奥（José Rosario）说，顾客消费习惯已明显改变。过去100美元可装满一辆购物车，如今只够买两小袋东西；一年前每磅99美分的木瓜，现在涨至1.99美元，有顾客甚至要求切开零售，以便少买一点。

内格隆认为，经济不满可能成为中期选举的重要变量。许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。

对鲁斯坦德这样的普通消费者来说，政治争论远不如每周购物时的压力来得直接。她说：“我觉得经济每天都在变糟，但你还是得继续买东西，因为人总要吃饭。”

关税与伊朗战争推高物价 特朗普流失拉美裔支持

2026年5月17日 22:20 / 联合早报

分析指出，许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。 （彭博社）

美国中期选举临近，生活费与通胀压力正成为拉美裔选民最关切的议题之一。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）公布的最新民调显示，七成受访者不满总统特朗普处理经济的表现，超过七成不认可他应对通胀和油价的方式；另有77%受访者认为，总统政策导致物价上涨。

在纽约一家拉美裔超市外，60岁的多米尼加裔家庭健康助理鲁斯坦德（Esmeralda Roustand）拎着两瓶橙汁和一份青香蕉鸡肉午餐说，这些东西已花去近20美元（约25.6新元）。她说，如今食品、房租和交通成本持续上涨，自己既要维持在美国的生活，也要定期寄钱给多米尼加的家人，压力越来越大。

鲁斯坦德的处境并非个例。虽然美国部分经济指标仍显示韧性，但许多拉美裔家庭感受到的压力，体现在越来越轻的购物袋、不断上涨的房租，以及被迫取消的外出和家庭活动上。

美国进步中心高级研究员、前白宫经济顾问内格隆（Michael Negrón）指出，通胀对拉美裔社区影响更大，因为这类家庭收入中较高比例用于食品、能源和交通等基本开销。

美劳工统计局数据显示，西班牙裔家庭近15%的预算用于食品，约8%用于能源，均高于全国平均水平。

在曼哈顿上城一家肉铺和杂货店工作七年的罗萨里奥（José Rosario）说，顾客消费习惯已明显改变。过去100美元可装满一辆购物车，如今只够买两小袋东西；一年前每磅99美分的木瓜，现在涨至1.99美元，有顾客甚至要求切开零售，以便少买一点。

内格隆认为，经济不满可能成为中期选举的重要变量。许多拉美裔选民曾支持特朗普，是希望他能降低生活费；但关税、大规模驱逐和伊朗战争等政策，被认为反而加剧了家庭对物价上涨的担忧。

对鲁斯坦德这样的普通消费者来说，政治争论远不如每周购物时的压力来得直接。她说：“我觉得经济每天都在变糟，但你还是得继续买东西，因为人总要吃饭。”

Is the answer to the housing crunch right in your own backyard?

May 17, 2026 / 9:15 AM EDT / CBS News

When the Almeda Fire tore through the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon back in 2020, it took thousands of homes with it. The result wasn’t just a moonscape, but a housing crisis on top of an already-tight rental market.

Gutted homes in the Medford Estates neighborhood in the aftermath of the Almeda fire, in Medford, Oregon, Sept. 10, 2020. ADREES LATIF/REUTERS

Artist and contractor Jacob Fry, and his wife Elize, were spared the flames, but not the desire to help.

They had to do something, so they took out a loan to build two small rental units in their own yard. It was never about getting income, Jacob says: “It was more about the community and needing infill housing for people that had been displaced; that really was the main thing.”

They’re called ADUs, or Accessory Dwelling Units – small, fully-functional secondary homes located on the same property as a main home, usually in the backyard. They’ve been called granny flats, carriage houses, or mother-in-law suites. A wave of reforms has made it faster, cheaper, and (in theory) legally simpler to add these ADUs almost anywhere.

Jacob and Elize Fry built two ADUs in their backyard, which they’ve rented out to young families just starting out. CBS News

In California, at least three modest-sized units are now allowed on a single-family lot. They can’t be used as short-term rentals (so, no Airbnbs). The law allows for only long-term tenants – and it’s become a booming industry.

“It’s had more impact than any other housing law in the last 10, 12 years,” said Dana Cuff, professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA, who helped push through the original legislation. According to her, there are now 82,000 building permits right now in California.

“Sunday Morning” met Cuff in her ADU, constructed in what used to be her backyard. “There was kind of a half-dead citrus tree probably right here, and a treehouse for our kids,” she said. “You know, we did lose something in building the house. But we gained a lot more.”

They rent their original home to mostly young tenants just starting out, and they live in the ADU designed by her husband to fit like a Tetris piece onto their long, skinny lot. “Sprawl has hit the wall now,” said Cuff. “You can’t keep going out. So then, I mean, the beauty of that, from an environmental and a housing and an urban perspective, is that then you start building back in.”

Dana Cuff now lives in an ADU constructed in her backyard, while renting out the main house. CBS News

It will come as no surprise when you’re talking about building in backyards that there are plenty of not-in-my-backyard critics. Some argue that parking, sewer and garbage – the infrastructure designed for single-family homes – is being stretched too thin. But in the aftermath of those Oregon fires, the Frys saw an opportunity.

“They say if you want to test your marriage, buy IKEA furniture,” said Jacob. His retort? “Built an ADU!”

It worked out – the Frys’ marriage survived, and so did the rental income from the ADUs. In fact, the buildings have almost paid for themselves, even though they continue to rent them well below market value.

“We want things to be affordable so that we can get people in that might not otherwise get a decent situation with a decent landlord,” said Jacob.

Elize Fry said, “Both the tenants that live there now are, like, young newlyweds. They’re in their early 20s and they both just got married.”

It’s compact living, to be sure, but if you design an ADU right, it can feel much bigger than it sounds. “It’s perfect,” said Kaetriauna Bowser-Smith. She, Jared Weber, and their nine-month-old daughter, Miller, have been living in these 400-square-feet happily for nearly three years now.

“We’ve tried to look at other places, just to even see what there is still on the market, and there’s nothing comparable to what we have,” said Bowser-Smith.

Jared Weber, Kaetriauna Bowser-Smith, and Miller in their ADU. CBS News

She said that were it not for the ADU option, they’d probably still be living at their parents’ houses.

Down the coast in Los Angeles, 72-year-old Mona Field turned her garage (which she said was being used for “everybody and their brother’s storage”) into a two-bedroom ADU. But she didn’t build the ADU for tenants; she built it for herself. “I knew I did not want to stay aging in a big house by myself,” she said. “I don’t feel cramped at all. I feel like I have a lot of space for one old lady!”

Mona Field converted her garage into an ADU, for herself. CBS News

The ADU was her retirement home, which allowed her to offer her house as affordable housing for her daughter and her family: Nadine Levyfield, her husband, Charlie Marshak, and their two small kids. But there was still a question, one asked by almost everyone in the ADU space. “Even though we had separate spaces, would we be able to, you know, cohabitate on the same property in a functional way?” asked Marshak.

The answer, for them anyway, has been a resounding yes.

“We have regular standing dinners with my mom and the kids,” said Levyfield. “My mom helps with child care. We spend time together. We say, ‘Hey, do you wanna join us for a stroller walk?’ It’s amazing. We’re so grateful.”

It used to be a home in the suburbs with a white picket fence and two-car garage was all anyone would want. Today, people need housing more than cars, and backyard barbecues might not need an entire backyard. They may not be for everyone, but these days every square foot matters. ADUs offer a different lifestyle for a different age.

As professor Dana Cuff put it, “We have to start imagining new ways of living together well.”

2025年10月，美国总统特朗普（左）在韩国庆州举行的亚太经合组织（APEC）领导人特别晚宴上，与韩国总统李在明（右）握手合影。 （档案照片）

韩国总统府青瓦台发表声明称，韩国总统李在明与美国总统特朗普星期天（5月17日）通电话，讨论了中美峰会的结果。

据路透社报道，青瓦台指出，特朗普向李在明分享了他与中国国家主席习近平会晤的成果，内容涵盖中美关系、经济和贸易协议、朝鲜半岛事务以及中东局势。

声明提及，李在明认为特朗普和习近平就朝鲜半岛事务进行了建设性会谈。

特朗普则向李在明承诺，他将通过与韩国的密切合作，为朝鲜半岛的和平与稳定做出贡献。

声明也指出，李在明向特朗普表示，稳定管理美中关系将有助于本地区和世界的和平与繁荣。同时，他还向特朗普表达了希望中东地区立即恢复和平与稳定的愿望。

此外，两位领导人还讨论了去年签署的双边贸易协议的顺利实施情况。

Senate parliamentarian rejects $1 billion in reconciliation bill for White House security, Trump ballroom

May 17, 2026 11:04am EDT / Fox News

The provision was part of a roughly $72B package focused largely on immigration enforcement funding

By Eric Mack, Fox News

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The Senate parliamentarian rejected the last item in the Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill — $1 billion in White House and Secret Service security funding tied in part to President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, considered nonpartisan since taking the role in 2012 during former President Barack Obama’s administration, ruled the funding provision could not be included as written under budget reconciliation rules, an outcome long expected from both sides of the aisle.

Ryan Wrasse, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said in a social media post that Republicans would keep trying to revise the legislation to try to gain the parliamentarian’s approval.

“Redraft. Refine. Resubmit,” Wrasse wrote on X. “None of this is abnormal during a Byrd process.”

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The decision deals a blow to efforts to pass the money with a simple majority as part of a broader roughly $72 billion package focused largely on immigration enforcement after Democrats forced those budgetary items under the longest shutdowns in American history.

MacDonough ruled that the security funding provision falls under chamber rules that require 60 votes to pass most legislation, according to the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the Senate Budget Committee ranking member.

“While we expect Republicans to change this bill to appease Trump, Democrats are prepared to challenge any change to this bill,” Merkley said.

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Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough forced Senate Republicans to rewrite the $72 billion reconciliation bill with regard to the $1 billion for White House security and ballroom backing.(Getty Images/Reuters)

The parliamentarian interprets Senate rules, including whether legislative provisions are permitted. While MacDonough is nonpartisan by Senate standards, she served as former Vice President Al Gore’s advisor in the Bush v. Gore 2000 election challenge that was resolved in the Supreme Court.

Her ruling came days after several Senate Republicans questioned the Trump administration’s $1 billion request, with some saying they needed far more detail before backing taxpayer funding connected to a project Trump has said would be privately financed.

“It was one thing when private dollars were building it,” Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, told Fox News Digital before a closed-door briefing with Secret Service Director Sean Curran. “If you’re asking me for a billion dollars, I have some really hard questions.”

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President Donald Trump holds rendering of the White House ballroom in an Air Force One media scrum.(Mandel Ngan/AFP)

Curtis added that if an employee brought him a billion-dollar project with little explanation, he would respond: “You made that number up.”

The request included $220 million for “White House complex hardening,” including above- and below-ground security enhancements for the ballroom, according to a one-page breakdown obtained by Fox News Digital. Those upgrades included bulletproof glass, drone detection technology, chemical filtration and detection systems and other national security measures.

Another $180 million was proposed for a White House visitor screening center, while $600 million would go toward Secret Service training, protection for Trump and other officials, counter-drone measures and other security needs after Trump dodged an unprecedented third assassination attempt last month.

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Republicans defending the request have argued Democrats and critics are mischaracterizing the funding as a direct ballroom subsidy.

“What was clear today is this whole statement, ‘It’s a billion dollars for a ballroom.’ Anyone who prints that is printing something they know is a lie,” Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told Fox News Digital. “It’s not a billion dollars for the ballroom.”

Still, other Republicans said the administration had not fully explained how it arrived at the number. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., said officials needed to provide “more details about exactly how they arrived at the figure,” while Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said the administration would have to explain to taxpayers what return they would get for the spending.

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The White House and GOP supporters have framed the funding as a national security matter, citing threats against Trump and the need to modernize protective infrastructure at the White House. The administration has said the ballroom would reduce reliance on temporary outdoor structures for large events while improving security for the president, his family and visitors.

The ballroom project has faced opposition since Trump ordered the demolition of the White House’s East Wing last year to make way for the new facility. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued, arguing the administration lacked authority to tear down the historic structure or build a major new facility without explicit congressional approval. A federal appeals court in April allowed construction to continue while the legal fight proceeds.

Trump has said the ballroom itself would be funded by $400 million in private donations and completed around September 2028, near the end of his second term. The parliamentarian’s ruling does not end the broader spending bill, but it complicates GOP efforts to keep the White House security money in a package Republicans hope to pass along party lines.

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Democrats have cast the project as excessive and politically tone-deaf, arguing Republicans are trying to steer taxpayer money toward Trump’s signature construction project while Americans face rising costs.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the ballroom “a disgrace” and said Republicans should reject the funding.

“The bottom line is, this ballroom is a disgrace,” he said. “The Republicans know it. Let’s see if they have the guts to do what they know is right, both substantively and politically, and tell Trump we don’t need a God — we don’t need a damn ballroom.”

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Notably, the ballroom would not be finished until 2028, the last year of Trump’s second, and last, presidential term by constitutional law. Trump argues it would serve Democrat and Republican administrations equally.

Fox News’ Alex Miller and Reuters contributed to this report.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.