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April 1, 2026 by George Bounacos

Aerial view of White House East Wing demolition site with cranes and excavators on December 17, 2025, during construction of Trump's ballroom project

Construction cranes and excavators filled the site where the East Wing of the White House once stood on December 17, 2025. Today, a federal judge halted President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom project, calling the president the steward of the building, not its owner. (G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0)

Donald Trump announced plans to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the first sitting president on record to do so, as the justices hear his administration’s challenge to the Fourteenth Amendment. Today, three federal judges drew lines he wasn’t expecting. Judge Leon, a Bush appointee, halted the $400 million White House ballroom … Read more