NOTUS – Records show that the White House Office of Management and Budget last week quietly apportioned $352 million from Trump’s tax cuts law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for “White House Security Measures.” The tax law, which passed with Republican-only votes last summer before Trump tore down the East Wing of the White House and began construction of a ballroom, states that the funding can only be used for “United States Secret Service resources, including personnel, training facilities, programming, and technology,” as well as other personnel costs. It’s not clear exactly what the funds will be used for. Asked to explain the transfer on Wednesday, an OMB official brought up the ballroom unprompted and said its construction will be funded by private donors….The administration maintains the funds are being directed in a manner consistent with the law, and that the Secret Service needs the money to upgrade security at the White House complex. It also argues the funding is necessary given recent failed attacks targeting Trump, including one at the UFC match this past weekend and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting earlier this year. However, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle suspect the funds are going toward construction of the ballroom, which is still being challenged in federal court…