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WASHINGTON, DC: Amid backlash over the demolition of part of the White House to build a multimillion-dollar ballroom, a viral rumor has been circulating online. The claim suggests that a $376 million ...

Demolition of the East Wing of the White House continues Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. AP The president says the sound of bulldozers at the East Wing ...

Of all the things to get really, really mad at President Donald Trump about, Democrats are going with — White House renovations? Yes, the president’s decision to add a ballroom to the White House is ...

Preservation groups are concerned about the renovations happening at the White House. NPR speaks with architecture professor Priya Jain about the history of construction at The People's House. Several ...

President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of former president Barack Obama’s presidential library. Asked by a reporter during a Tuesday press conference about the Obama Presidential Center, Trump said, “He ...

President Donald Trump’s tearing down of the White House East Wing’s facade has faced criticism, but the renovation is only the latest of over a century of redesigns. Several of these involved tearing ...

In less than a year, President Trump has already significantly remade the White House. The Oval Office is decorated from top to bottom in gold. The Rose Garden’s lawn is paved over. And this week, the ...

A woman renovating her 1960s home got a nasty surprise when she started pulling up the old carpet in her new hallway. Tara, from the U.K., purchased her new house back in April from a senior couple ...

A Fort Collins development company has started renovations on the former Best Western University Inn. The renovated hotel will be renamed The Buxton and feature 69 updated rooms and a new fitness ...

XO, MaCenna shares renovation insights from a 110-year-old living room. Hunter found alive after going missing for nearly 3 weeks Man empties piggy bank after 10 years—not ready for how much he’s ...

Construction of the White House’s new ballroom has officially begun, with crews breaking ground on the 90,000-square-foot project. But this is just one of several changes President Donald Trump is ...