Murray vows to fight taxpayer dollars funding Trump's East Wing project - Roll Call A key Senate Democrat is vowing to prevent federal funds from being used to build President Trump's White House ballroom. Roll Call · Oct 28, 2025
Where's Melania? First Lady Sparks Rumours After Skipping Donald Trump's Asia Tour Amid East Wing Demolition Drama Melania Trump's silence sparks speculation as Donald Trump demolishes the White House's East Wing to build a lavish £187 million ballroom. International Business Times UK · Oct 28, 2025
Even Melania Trump is distancing herself from the president’s East Wing demolition, report says First lady has maintainted public silence over $350m White House ballroom but reportedly ‘raised concerns’ in private and denied responsibility for the project The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
Trump's Approval Rating Firm as Shutdown Drags on and East Wing Demolition Sparks Debate In the midst of an ongoing U.S. government shutdown and a contentious White House renovation project, President Donald Trump‘s approval ratings have managed to stay relatively steady. Benzinga · Oct 25, 2025
Why is Trump demolishing the White House’s East Wing? Because he wants to The president’s mega-project raises a lot of questions – including when he’s planning on leaving The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2025
What is the White House East Wing and why has it been torn down in Trump’s renovation plans? President Donald Trump is adding a $300m ballroom to the White House – but that plan has come at the cost of the historic East Wing The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2025
Is Trump using the rubble from the East Wing to improve a DC golf course? The White House’s East Wing is being demolished this week to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
White House Trees Cut for MAGA Ballroom: Trump Shrugs as East Wing Heritage Vanishes Without Timeline Trump's East Wing demolition for a 'MAGA ballroom' axed historic trees and the Kennedy Garden. The administration offers no timeline or renderings for the 'modernised' replacement. International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025
Ronald Reagan’s daughter rips ‘heartbreaking’ teardown of White House’s East Wing The White House’s East Wing was demolished this week to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Satellite photos show White House East Wing demolished to make way for Trump ballroom Satellite photos taken by Planet depict the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for the planned Trump Ballroom. Space · Oct 24, 2025
Trump Branded 'Disrespectful' After Tearing Down Melania's White House Wing, 'She Deserved Better' Trump's privately funded White House ballroom project has prompted outcry after images showed demolition of the historic East Wing, despite earlier assurances the main building would not be touched; preservation groups demand reviews and transparency. International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025
Seth Meyers on Trump’s White House ballroom: ‘This couldn’t be any more of a bait and switch’ Late-night hosts discussed the president’s demolition of the East Wing to make room for a huge $300m gilded ballroom The Guardian - US · Oct 24, 2025
Trump Completes Demolition Of White House East Wing: Satellite Images Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House's entire East Wing to make way for US President Donald Trump's giant new $300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed Thursday. International Business Times · Oct 24, 2025
Trump’s East Wing destruction sparks series of memes mocking what’s next for the White House While Trump previously said he wouldn’t interfere with the existing structure of the East Wing, his construction crews began to tear it down this week The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 Photos reveal shocking destruction of East Wing as crews work to make way for Trump’s ballroom President initially said his new ballroom would not ‘interfere’ with the original White House building
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 If Trump’s East Wing demolition shocks you, check out what he did to priceless works meant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art A young Trump took on development of a historic Art Deco building on Fifth Avenue in the late 1970s
The Guardian - US · Oct 23, 2025 Donors for Trump’s $300m White House ballroom include Google, Apple and Palantir Work under way to demolish entire East Wing as president upped cost of new structure from $200m to $300m
Axios · Oct 23, 2025 Trump defends $300M ballroom project: "We had to take down the existing" East Wing A D.C. historical group said the planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom "will overwhelm the White House itself."
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 Trump now says his ballroom will cost $300M and the entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished to make space Trump admitted the price of his gold-plated 90,000 square-foot ballroom was likely going to cost $100 million more than the initial price tag
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025 Historical photos of the White House's East Wing These photos show archival images of the White House East Wing, which houses several offices, including those of the first lady. It was built in 1942.
Axios · Oct 21, 2025 Washington furious over Trump's East Wing demo The agency that has to sign off on the president's ballroom plans is closed for the shutdown.
International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025 White House Demolition Gives Way to £186M Ballroom as Donald Trump Breaks Promise Not To Destroy East Wing Previously, Donald Trump said that the ballroom will not interfere with the current White House building. Unfortunately, it did as the East Wing is now being demolished.
The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025 The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom The White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to the building
Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024 Buckingham Palace to open up East Wing to visitors outside summer months The Royal Collection Trust’s expanded programme follows the success of this year’s summer opening of the refurbished wing with its famous balcony.