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@washingtonpost White House reporter. Ex-@virginianpilot. @LivingstonAward finalist. Email: [email protected]. Signal: jle.11
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Trump has wanted to go ever-bigger with his White House ballroom. One person who disagrees: Trump’s handpicked architect, worried the 90,000-sq-ft addition will overshadow the main White House mansion, four sources tell the @washingtonpost. W/ @ddiamond
https://t.co/numygBIZN7
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The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
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The latest news on President Trump's plans to transform the White House complex: Preservationists are suing him over his plans to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building completely white. https://t.co/KnBwhGI9R8
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The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
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My two cents: Same.
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Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts in the past 5y, have paid $1.6B in political spending and are targets in several federal investigations into alleged wrongdoing, according to a new report from @Public_Citizen
https://t.co/ONuEcwyEHN
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The White House ballroom’s donor list contains heavyweights in the tech, financial and defense sectors, including Google, Comcast and Lockheed Martin.
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More oversight efforts on White House ballroom, this time regarding the risk of asbestos exposure during the demolition of the East Wing. From @ddiamond and @oliviacgeorge
ED MARKEY is demanding answers on whether East Wing demolition created asbestos risks. He joins public-health advocates spooked by rapid tear-down and photos of dust clouds. White House has said it mitigated risks before demolition. w @oliviacgeorge
https://t.co/mNK5U6Bx3j
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Trump’s demolition of the East Wing + construction of his ballroom is broadly unpopular. 56% of Americans oppose the project, compared to 28% who support it, per new Post-ABC-Ipsos poll. with @abtran @jonathanreports @sfcpoll
https://t.co/me24NqSln0
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Fifty-six percent say they oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to tear down part of the White House to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom building.
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Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murder for shooting Sonya Massey. Massey called 911 from her home in July 2024 to report a prowler. Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson was 1/2 deputies to respond to the call. From @anumitakaur
https://t.co/KrywcJ8dvu
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Sonya Massey called 911 from her Springfield, Illinois, home in July 2024 to report a prowler. Sean Grayson was one of two deputies to respond to the call.
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We've made the big time @ddiamond
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Dems are trying to inject some oversight into Trump's White House ballroom project w/ @ddiamond
Democrats ramping up probes into Trump's $300M ballroom. @SenAdamSchiff seeking “complete accounting” of the ballroom's financing and terms for donors @SenBlumenthal demanding info from contractors more w @jonathanreports
https://t.co/iuliLzYBP5
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What a scoop by @ddiamond
Scoop - Trump has fired all the sitting members on the Commission on Fine Arts, an independent agency expected to review his construction projects. https://t.co/pqdzEvn1g5
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“Frankly, it’s just great beat reporting to start,” @SpiegelPeter on @jonathanreports and @ddiamond's dare-I-say groundbreaking reporting.
The Washington Post led the charge, joined by other news outlets, in revealing to the public how Trump was remaking the “people’s house” My @TheWrap column, with thoughts from WaPo’s @SpiegelPeter
https://t.co/Vbx1USurmm
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The commission is scheduled to meet Nov. 6, although that's looking less and less likely as the government shutdown continues. A tentative agenda was supposed to come out Oct. 17 but that didn't happen because of the shutdown. A final version is scheduled to publish Friday.
Trump put allies on obscure board set to decide WH ballroom’s fate. Current and former members of the National Capital Planning Commission panned the East Wing demolition and worried that his ballroom would be rubber-stamped, by @jonathanreports @ddiamond
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An obscure federal planning board is set to decide whether President Trump can build his White House ballroom. He's packed it with his loyalists. With @ddiamond
https://t.co/HRdJ5S9qV4
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Current and former members of the National Capital Planning Commission panned Trump’s East Wing demolition and worried that his ballroom would be rubber-stamped.
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As the dust settles on the East Wing, some ethics experts and Democrats are shifting focus to the next step of Trump’s $300M ballroom project — and what was promised to the donors funding it. https://t.co/TqjSwk5UD7
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Ethics experts and Democrats say they are eager to know whether the private donors behind the planned $300 million ballroom are poised to receive any benefits in return.
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Polling on the East Wing demolition has found that about half of Americans are opposed, and about a quarter are in favor. But interesting to see trend. - On Tues., only 44% of GOP said they approved of demolition, per YouGov (on left) - By Thurs., that was up to 58% (right)
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“The East Wing is now only a memory” What a headline. What a story. With @ddiamond and @oliviacgeorge. Headline and decks by Tom Justice and Kim Chapman
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🇺🇸 The East Wing Is Now Only A Memory ▫Demolition crews finished taking down the White House wing Thursday while President Donald Trump defended the project ▫@jonathanreports @ddiamond @oliviacgeorge
#frontpagestoday #USA @washingtonpost 🇺🇸
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The East Wing of the White House is gone. In 3 days, the admin tore down the entire annex for President Trump's pet project: a 90k sf ballroom that will be almost double the size of the 55k sf main White House building w/ @ddiamond and @oliviacgeorge
https://t.co/IBK0hvVnG8
washingtonpost.com
Demolition crews finished taking down the White House wing Thursday while President Donald Trump defended the project.
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