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The ballroom project has not been halted as of late January 2026: demolition and underground work proceeded after the East Wing was torn down, and visible construction continues while a by the seeks t...
The White House and its supporters publicly state the ballroom renovation will be completed before President Trump’s term ends in January 2029 , while independent federal estimates and some reporting ...
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...
ballroom project has not been halted: demolition and below‑ground/site preparation have proceeded and courts so far declined to impose an immediate stop, even as preservationists have sued and sought ...
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...
Congress approved the funding for the major White House mechanical and systems modernization that began during Barack Obama’s first term; reporting cites a roughly $376 million, four‑year project that...
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...
Congress has over privately financed White House renovations; its leverage is chiefly indirect through federal appropriations for operations, security, and statutory limitations, while federal advisor...
’s East Wing project is already underway: the in October 2025 and the site has been under construction since at least September 2025 as part of a planned replacement that includes a large ballroom and...
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 White House ballroom project is publicly overseen at the presidential level with President Trump deeply involved in design decisions, while day-to-day delivery is being led by Clark Construction a...
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...
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...
A new, privately funded White House State Ballroom — described by the administration as a 90,000‑square‑foot expansion including a large formal ballroom intended to replace the East Wing — is being bu...
ballroom project is actively underway: the East Wing has been demolished and site work and construction activities are in progress while federal commissions have begun public reviews and to halt the w...
has not been legally halted as of late January 2026: demolition and underground work have proceeded while a preservation group’s lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction that a judge has said he will de...
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...
reviews federal projects affecting historic sites through a formal, multi-stage submission and advisory/approval process grounded in the National Capital Planning Act and the Commission’s Submission G...
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...
Yes. U.S. presidents have repeatedly reshaped the White House to reflect administrative needs, personal style and broader political moments — from Theodore Roosevelt adding the West Wing and Franklin ...