Today: Senate passes $70B in ICE funds, and a lawsuit says Trump's ballroom doesn't have approval

Today as it Happened on Friday, June 5, 2026: The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 for the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, through the end of Trump’s term. The final vote came just before 5 a.m., after Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by Democrats and Republicans to add language to the bill that would permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund for political allies who believe they have been politically persecuted. A federal appeals court on Friday heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's White House ballroom. The case centers on whether the executive branch can move forward with the project without authorization from Congress. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which filed the lawsuit, argues federal law requires congressional approval before significant changes are made to the White House complex. Attorneys for the Trump administration told the three-judge panel that national security concerns justified the demolition of the East Wing, which was torn down in October. A Justice Department attorney argued the structure was not capable of withstanding a modern attack and did not provide adequate protection for the president and other senior government officials. And an ex-girlfriend alleges that U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago, according to a new report. Lyndsey Fifield told The New York Times that Platner, a Democrat, never hit or punched her, but the incidents left her shaken and afraid. Fifield, a conservative activist, told the Times she dated Platner for about two years, starting in 2013 when he was a student at George Washington University following his military service. ------------------------------------- Follow Scripps News on other platforms— Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/scrippsnews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scrippsnews