Social media users appeared to misunderstand a document made public in April 2026.

Trump said that the project was “moving along on schedule” and would be unlike anything “anywhere in the World.” ...

President Donald Trump's ballroom is projected to cost $600 million, significantly more than the he's said, according to a Washington Post report.

The fire has burned nearly 10,000 acres and is zero percent contained.

The project is one of many undertaken by the president as he looks to remake the White House and Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump defended his White House ballroom project Wednesday a day after Republican lawmakers proposed $1 billion in taxpayer funding for the buildout—despite Trump saying repeatedly it ...

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The White House routed a $500 million no-bid contract through a White House office that typically handles repairs and furnishings and is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.

With so many lives at risk in the Middle East in recent weeks, it seemed frivolous if not immoral to care whether the White House got a new ballroom. It just did not seem to matter much, then, now or ...

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