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Taxpayers will pay plenty over the years for Trump's massive ballroom, experts say - Roll Call

President Trump says his new ballroom will be privately funded, but White House observers say taxpayers will pay plenty.

Roll Call

Immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in DC

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers

The Independent UK

Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks

The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.

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Hillary Clinton Criticizes Trump, Gavin Newsom Calls Out Mike Johnson And More: This Week In Politics

Here’s a quick roundup of the top political stories from the week that you might have missed.

Benzinga

Late Night Hosts Went All In On Donald Trump's Already Infamous White House Ballroom Changes

Hosts aren't holding back on the renovation.

Cinemablend

Bill Maher admits he’s ‘in awe’ of Trump’s White House East Wing demolition

President’s demolition of the White House’s historic East Wing has faced widespread criticism

The Independent UK

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

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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

US sending aircraft carrier to South America, Pentagon says in major escalation of military buildup

Deploying an aircraft carrier is a major escalation of military power in a region that has already seen an unusually large US military buildup in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Venezuela.

Euronews

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

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

One of Trump’s top lawyers endlessly mocked for confusing Declaration of Independence with the Constitution

‘We The People would like to tell you that the framed document in the photo is the Declaration of Independence,’ one social media user quipped

The Independent UK

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

Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies Trump’s heritage politics

From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to project power, control memory and shape national identity. As 17th-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert observed:

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The Independent UK

Jackie Kennedy’s grandson slams Trump for ‘pouring concrete’ all over former First Lady’s garden

Jack Schlossberg slammed the president for seeing the world in ‘black and white’ and urged voters to ‘stop’ Trump at the midterms

Axios

Trump's run-in with D.C. protesters still haunts his team

The Sept. 9 incident at a restaurant near the White House has made unannounced visits by Trump in D.C. much less likely.

Benzinga

Hillary Clinton Quotes Daughter Chelsea's Attack On Trump For 'Wrecking' The White House, Recalls Why Its Called The 'People's House'

Two days after saying President Donald Trump is "destroying" the White House with a $250 million ballroom project, Hillary Clinton on Thursday highlighted an op-ed by her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, reminding Americans why the residence is known as the "People's House" and explaining why the ongoing construction leaves her "unsettled."

International Business Times

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.

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The Independent UK

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

Satellite images show before and after of demolition of White House East Wing

New satellite images taken Thursday show the scale of the demolition of the White House East Wing as President Donald Trump moves forward with the construction of a new ballroom at the White House

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Trump’s White House demolition: ‘This is insane’

Late-night hosts discuss the president’s wrecking project and his demand for payment from the justice department

The Guardian - US

Trump’s ballroom blitz sparks chorus of disgust: ‘The perfect symbol’

Obama once joked about what a gaudy Trump White House would look like – the president seems bent on proving him right

The Guardian - US

The White House is getting renovated. Can we do the whole country while we’re at it?

Refurbishing the nation should be a collective effort – not the work of a single man with an unmatched taste for the gaudy

The Independent UK

Trump reveals the friends who convinced him to call off surging troops into San Francisco: Live updates

California Governor Gavin Newsom had threatened to sue the Trump administration if the president deployed the National Guard to the state

Axios

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."

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