By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package,

The nonpartisan parliamentarian’s ruling found that the White House ballroom proposal violated the Byrd Rule.

Trump raised doubts about arms sales to Taiwan and whether the U.S. would defend the island, rattling a sensitive relationship amid threats from Beijing.

The president’s alterations to the Washington, D.C., pool are slated for completion by July 4

The U.S., not Iran, is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said Friday, adding, "We wiped out their armed forces, essentially." Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that his country "cannot trust the Americans at all" and Iran is "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to give diplomacy a chance.

The rap superstar is throwing her weight behind the White House agenda after being courted by Trump’s 29-year-old celebrity whisperer.

President Trump blasts Democratic climate policies after scientists move away from one of the most extreme UN-backed global warming scenarios.