It’s no secret that Donald Trump hates this country and its people. Aside from siccing his underachieving shock troops on American cities, he’s also posted AI-generated videos of himself dumping ...

The revelation that Donald Trump has demolished the East Wing, with plans to rebuild it at jumbo size with private funds, provoked an initial wave of outrage—followed by a predictable counter-wave of ...

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The race is on to see which can go up faster: consumer prices, rent, healthcare costs or the president’s $300 million ballroom. Nothing signals a “Let them eat cake” level of indifference from the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but where the hell is this guy’s planning permit? Three years’ covering urban affairs in Sydney made me ...

The nation's top cartoonists draw out the debate over President Donald Trump tearing down the East Wing of the White House for a new ballroom. It insisted Trump — who mercilessly mocked President Joe ...

Sometimes you see stuff online and it just doesn’t look right. President Donald Trump’s $300mn-ish ballroom extension is almost twice the size of the entire existing White House. Surely that’s not ...

The public is weighing in with outrage on President Trump’s decision to demolish the historic East Wing of the White House. The new ballroom to be constructed has seen multiple price bumps and is set ...

The White House rejected reports suggesting that President Donald Trump intends to name the new White House ballroom after himself, stating that any official decision about the event space’s name will ...

An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The demolition is part of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a ...