Republicans rally behind Trump’s ballroom plan after gala shooting

(Josephine Walker – Axios) Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has pushed Republicans to coalesce around President Trump’s proposal for a new White House ballroom with a subterranean bunker. The $400 million ballroom would significantly alter the complex’s structure and has drawn condemnation by preservationists and some Democrats, who call it a vanity project backed by secretive donors seeking favor with the president. A suspect armed with a shotgun fired several rounds Saturday night at the Washington Hilton while trying to breach security. – White House dinner shooting fuels Trump ballroom, bunker push