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President Barack Obama did not build a new indoor basketball arena at the White House; he adapted the existing South Lawn tennis court so it could be used for full‑court basketball by adding hoops and...
Tents have been a routine, practical solution for large White House functions—especially state dinners—when indoor rooms (the East Room seats about 200) could not accommodate guest lists; presidents f...
The available documents show that historically most formal White House state dinners have been held indoors in the or the East Room when larger capacity was needed, while tents on the South Lawn or th...
Outdoor tented gatherings have been a routine solution when the White House needs space beyond the East Room’s roughly 200-seat capacity; reporters and historical accounts document presidential events...
The Reuters photo gallery showing images of the White House “Presidential Walk of Fame” — portraits and newly installed partisan plaques along the Colonnade — is published on Reuters’ website as a pho...
Available reporting shows the White House tennis court on the South Lawn was adapted so it also could be used as a basketball court in 2009 during the Obama presidency; the work was a modest conversio...
The White House lawn, especially the , serves as a multipurpose ceremonial and recreational stage where administrations host long-standing public traditions, diplomatic ceremonies, seasonal celebratio...
The White House’s traditional largest interior event space is the East Room, which holds about 200 people . Since July 2025 the White House has announced construction of a new “White House State Ballr...
The South Lawn shifted from a publicly accessible meadow in the 19th and early 20th centuries to a closed, ceremonial and private space by World War II; today it hosts official arrivals, state dinners...
A typical state visit to the White House is a formal, ceremonial series of events centered on a , representing the highest expression of bilateral relations between the United States and a visiting he...
The claim asks whether President Barack Obama used private funds to convert the White House tennis court into a basketball court. The available dossier of articles reporting on White House renovations...
The core claim is that the Trump administration sought in 2020 to renovate and modernize the White House West Wing, proposing to place that request in coronavirus relief legislation and framing it as ...
The reporting converges on several clear claims: President Donald Trump is pursuing a privately funded, roughly $250 million project to add a large ballroom to the White House by demolishing part of t...