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President Trump has begun demolition of the White House East Wing and moved forward with a privately funded, roughly $200–$300 million, 90,000‑sq‑ft ballroom project without completing the typical fed...
Donald Trump began demolition of the White House East Wing and site preparation for a 90,000‑square‑foot “ballroom” months before formal plans were filed; the White House has not yet submitted full pl...
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) contains a statutory exemption—Section 107—that removes the White House from the Act’s Section 106 review requirements, meaning the White House is to unde...
The available contemporaneous reporting shows that demolition of part of the White House East Wing has begun to make way for a new ballroom while as of the articles’ publication on October 21–22, 2025...
Available reporting shows the East Wing demolition began in mid–late October 2025 — reports give specific start/demolition dates of Oct. 20–23, 2025 — and the White House says it authorized and moved ...
The ballroom renovation was initiated and greenlit by President Donald J. Trump, who has asserted he alone has the legal authority to modernize and renovate the White House, and the administration mov...
The White House asserts that the East Wing demolition and proposed ballroom are , and officials say the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) does not permit or review demolition — only vertical...
Section 107 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) exempts the White House, the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court from the NHPA’s Section 106 review process, meaning those three sites are n...
The approval process for White House renovations is a patchwork of formal statutes, advisory reviews, and de facto presidential control: the Executive Office manages the residence, federal preservatio...
The East Wing of the White House has been demolished and active construction is visible on the site, a fact confirmed by multiple photographic and satellite reports and on-the-ground images . That dem...
Donald Trump bought Mar‑a‑Lago in 1985 and carried out extensive renovations over decades — including adding a large ballroom and reworking interiors — while binding the estate with a preservation eas...
The reporting shows the White House began demolition for President Trump’s proposed ballroom before seeking or receiving a formal construction review from the National Capital Planning Commission, rai...
The White House Historical Association does serve as an approving authority for White House structural renovations; its role, as reported in October 2025, has been primarily documentary and preservati...
The core claims are that President Trump is overseeing a privately funded, unprecedented East Wing demolition and construction of a large ballroom costing between $200–$300 million, and that this proj...
The ballroom project at the White House has not been permanently blocked; a preservationist lawsuit seeking to halt construction is active but a judge declined to immediately stop work while schedulin...
The DuPonts are a sprawling American industrial dynasty whose public record shows sustained philanthropy to cultural, educational, medical and conservation institutions and frequent participation in p...
Reporting on Trump-era White House work centers on an unprecedented private‑funded ballroom project whose estimated price has varied in coverage from about $200 million to $300 million; several outlet...
A president has historically altered the White House’s rooms and grounds, but recent reporting shows those changes normally run through preservation reviews and federal commissions — a process Preside...
Donald Trump has begun demolishing the White House’s East Wing and is building a roughly 90,000 sq ft ballroom attached to the Executive Residence; the White House insists the president has “full lega...
Major structural changes to the White House generally trigger a multi-agency review process involving professional planners and preservation bodies — most prominently the National Capital Planning Com...