Holding the retreat at a Trump property threatens to ignite the same kind of criticism that dogged Trump’s first term: that he has sought to personally profit from his public position.

Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring out at a minefield as he looks to pass a sprawling tax and immigration package that pleases all corners of the ideologically diverse Republican Party, a thorny task made even tougher after President Trump laid out a lofty set of demands for the legislation.

House Republicans flocked to Trump National Doral Golf Club for their annual retreat. David Jolly and Brian Schwartz discuss on The 11th Hour as we continue to ask throughout this administration, is the White House for sale?

House Republicans heard from Vice President JD Vance in a closed-door speech on day two of their three-day retreat.

The Senate keeps processing President Donald Trump’s nominees this week, but much of the congressional attention will be on South Florida, where House Republicans are gathering for their annual issues and strategy conference.