national capital planning commission

Trump tears down White House East Wing to build a ballroom

Could the demolition of the White House's entire East Wing have been stopped?

Construction of federal buildings in D.C. -- including the White House -- is overseen by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), a 12-member agency under the executive branch.

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Trump says he'll donate "millions" to White House ballroom as East Wing demolition appears to be complete

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Trump exposed a 'loophole' to demolish the White House East Wing. Here's what we know.

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Trump’s teardown of White House’s East Wing raises questions of authority

The wrecking of part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for President Trump’s ballroom is striking a nerve with his critics who see it as an overhaul of a historic building for a gaudy persona...

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East Wing of the White House demolished for President Trump’s ballroom project

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The decades-old exemption that lets Trump fast-track White House rebuild

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White House sideswiped by ballroom demolition controversy

The administration has dismissed attacks on the project as “manufactured outrage.”

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Trump’s new $300 million ballroom likely to bear a familiar name - his own, report says

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Trump’s huge ballroom to replace razed East Wing

Trump makes his mark on White House

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You Won’t Believe Who Trump Is Naming Ballroom After. Well, You Might.

The ballroom replacing the White House East Wing will share Donald Trump’s name.

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White House responds to reports Trump named new ballroom after himself

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Four Things to Know About Trump’s New White House Ballroom

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White House East Wing to be torn down fully for Trump ballroom

President Donald Trump on Wednesday (October 22) defended demolition work at the White House's East Wing to make way for a ballroom, contradicting the former New York real estate magnate's pledge that...

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Trump's ballroom 'dominates' White House briefing: 'Is it a big story?'

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Fact-checking Democrats’ claim that White House said ballroom is Trump’s top priority

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Trump’s shutdown strategy? Bulldoze the White House East Wing while National Capital Planning Commission is closed

In a move that has raised eyebrows (not those of any significant Democrats, who are presumably asleep) and sparked legal challenges, President Donald Trump has completed the previously denied demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for a garish new ballroom about which even Napoleon might have told his architect to calm down.

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Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn't need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says

WASHINGTON — Demolition to build President Donald Trump’s new ballroom off the East Wing of the White House can begin without approval of the commission tasked with vetting construction of federal buildings, the Trump-appointed head of the panel said ...