19 m. ago Photos reveal shocking destruction of East Wing as crews work to make way for Trump’s ballroom

President initially said his new ballroom would not ‘interfere’ with the original White House building

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20 m. ago Trump reveals the friends who convinced him to call off surging troops into San Francisco: Live updates

California Governor Gavin Newsom had threatened to sue the Trump administration if the president deployed the National Guard to the state

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75 m. ago If Trump’s East Wing demolition shocks you, check out what he did to priceless works meant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A young Trump took on development of a historic Art Deco building on Fifth Avenue in the late 1970s

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2 h. ago Satellite images show before and after of demolition of White House East Wing

New satellite images taken Thursday show the scale of the demolition of the White House East Wing as President Donald Trump moves forward with the construction of a new ballroom at the White House

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3 h. ago Trump won’t send federal troops to San Francisco after ‘friends in the area’ asked him not to: Live updates

California Governor Gavin Newsom had threatened to sue the Trump administration if the president deployed the National Guard to the state

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4 h. ago Trump news live: White House releases list of who’s paying for $300M ballroom as poll reveals Americans deep unhappiness with demolition

The White House’s gold-plated addition is now estimated to cost a whopping $300 million

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5 h. ago Trump news live: California braces for federal troops as president holds meeting to discuss cartel targeting operations

Federal troops have started to arrive in the Bay Area - against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom

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6 h. ago Trump shows off gold ballroom he claims has been ‘wanted for at least 150 years’ as price tag rises to $300m

Donald Trump has shown off plans for his golden ballroom, claiming it has been "wanted for at least 150 years".

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10 h. ago Trump facing outrage as new poll shows majority of Americans don’t want East Wing to be demolished: Latest

President Donald Trump promised that he would ‘not interfere with the current building’ despite the fact that he is currently tearing down the East Wing

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10 h. ago Trump’s ballroom blitz sparks chorus of disgust: ‘The perfect symbol’

Obama once joked about what a gaudy Trump White House would like – the president seems bent on proving him rightWhen Barack Obama roasted Donald Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the icing on the cake was a cartoon illustration of what the White House might look like if Trump ever became US president.The name “Trump” was emblazoned across the top in giant capital letters, followed by “the White House” in lurid purple cursive, then “hotel • casino • golf course” and “presidential suite”. The parody imagined gold pillars, a giant crystal chandelier and two scantily clad women sitting at reception. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Trump to demolish entire East Wing of White House to make space for $300M ballroom: Latest

President Donald Trump promised that he would ‘not interfere with the current building’ despite the fact that he is currently tearing down the East Wing

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17 h. ago Trump now says his ballroom will cost $300M and the entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished to make space

Trump admitted the price of his gold-plated 90,000 square-foot ballroom was likely going to cost $100 million more than the initial price tag

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21 h. ago White House East Wing will be torn down ‘within days’ even as no plans filed for Trump’s new ballroom

Demolition has drawn fierce backlash, with National Trust for Historic Preservation saying plans are ‘legally required’Trump takes a wrecking ball to White House in on-the-nose metaphorTrump administration officials confirmed to various outlets on Wednesday that the White House’s East Wing will be demolished “within days”, a revelation given the administration has not submitted plans for the new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings.In discussion with reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Donald Trump was asked by Jeff Mason of Reuters to respond to the widespread surprise that the entire East Wing is being torn down. Trump said that the wing he described as a separate building “was never thought of as being much; it was a very small building”. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago White House admits East Wing will be TOTALLY demolished as Trump goes for cheaper option

The White House has admitted that the East Wing will be totally demolished to make way for Donald Trump's new ballroom.

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26 h. ago White House demolition clears space for Trump’s $250m ballroom

Donald Trump is continuing to demolish the White House’s East Wing to make room for his $250million ballroom.

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27 h. ago White House hasn’t filed plans for Trump’s new ballroom despite demolition under way

Amid backlash over footage of East Wing being partly demolished, White House reportedly intends to send plans for new constructionUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House has not submitted plans for Donald Trump’s new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings, though demolition is already underway.On Tuesday, the White House told Reuters it intends to send plans to the National Capital Planning Commission, an agency that typically approves and monitors construction on federal buildings. Demolition began earlier this week, with reporters taking video of a backhoe ripping out chunks of the White House’s exterior. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago No plans filed for Trump’s new ballroom despite demolition being under way

Amid backlash over partial demolition of East Wing, White House reportedly intends to send blueprintsUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House has not submitted plans for Donald Trump’s new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings, though demolition is already under way.On Tuesday, the White House told Reuters it intended to send plans to the National Capital Planning Commission, an agency that typically approves and monitors construction on federal buildings. Demolition began earlier this week, with reporters taking video of a backhoe ripping out chunks of the White House’s exterior. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Stephen Colbert on Trump’s White House East Wing demolition: ‘so deeply unsettling’

Late-night hosts discuss the president’s partial demolition of the East Wing for his $250m gilded ballroom projectLate-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump’s partial demolition of the East Wing of the White House for his proposed $250m gilded ballroom. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Karoline Leavitt blames Democrats being ‘jealous’ for outrage over White House demolition for Trump’s ballroom

‘He’s the builder-in-chief,’ the White House Press Secretary said of the president while defending his new ballroom project

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33 h. ago Stephen Colbert scorns Trump over White House ballroom ‘lie’

Trump promised in July that his new White House ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere with the current building’

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