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Secret rooms in the White House

The existence of secret rooms and tunnels in the White House, separating fact from fiction

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Feb 1, 2026

Have White House tunnels been used during crises or military operations in recent decades?

Publicly known subterranean passages and a hardened command center under have been built and maintained since , and they have been used on occasion in crises for evacuation or protective purposes; rep...

Jan 13, 2026

How did wire services (AP, Reuters, Bloomberg) caption and credit images from Noem’s Jan. 8 press conference differently?

Three major wire services handled images from Kristi Noem’s Jan. 8 press conference with different captions and credits in the material available: Reuters’ photo carried a full credit to its photograp...