Trump roils Senate GOP amid struggles with immigration bill

Published May 20, 2026 6:00am ET



Senate Republicans’ hopes for a low-fanfare week capped off with a major policy victory have been quickly unraveled by a series of setbacks stretching from the campaign trail to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.

Republican leaders are facing curveballs from Trump in his bid to oust their colleagues Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) amid unrelenting GOP heartburn over hundreds of millions of dollars in security upgrades for his ballroom tucked into the party’s $70 billion immigration enforcement bill.

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