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The White House is suspending public tours because of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom initiated by President Donald Trump, a White House official said.
All public tours, including those for student groups, are on hold as construction begins on a planned $200 million ballroom.
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Offices gave various reasons for the pause, including “construction projects,” “extensive renovations” and “because of construction on the new White House ballroom.”
President Donald Trump’s construction on a $200 million ballroom has resulted in an unexpected casualty: public White House tours. According to multiple reports, these tours have been suspended as construction gets underway on the 90,000-square-foot space that Trump has been intent to add.
The White House published a list of Smithsonian exhibits, programming and artwork it considered objectionable on Thursday, one week after announcing that eight of the institution’s museums must submit their current wall text and future exhibition plans for a comprehensive review.
President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday, an event the U.S. president called "a very good, early step" to possibly resolve the war in Ukraine.
It looks like Liberace got high and decided to redecorate,” one social media user said of the president’s White House makeover.
The White House on Thursday released an article outlining Smithsonian exhibitions and materials it considers “woke” or anti-American.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief the media around 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday after two huge diplomatic meetings between Trump and Putin on Friday and Trump, Zelensky, and EU leaders on Monday.