5 entries in the ledger
President Trump announced on August 9, 2026 that staff secretary Will Scharf will become White House counsel effective September 1, replacing David Warrington, who is leaving for the private sector. Scharf was one of...
Reporting revealed that White House officials awarded a no-bid contract connected to the East Wing ballroom construction project, adding a procurement-oversight dimension to a project that had already drawn criticism...
A Public Citizen report released in early November 2025 found that roughly two-thirds of the known corporate donors to Trump's White House ballroom project have collectively received $279 billion in federal contracts...
Demolition of the White House East Wing began in October 2025 to clear space for a large ballroom project championed by President Trump. The demolition removed a functioning part of the executive complex before the...
On July 31, 2025, the White House announced plans for a roughly $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition, describing it as funded by Trump and unnamed "patriot donors" rather than taxpayers. The project called...