12 entries in the ledger
The Supreme Court on Aug. 31, 2026 granted the Trump administration's emergency request and blocked lower-court orders that had paused aboveground construction of the president's new White House ballroom. The unsigned...
A National Park Service report released Friday endorses Trump's proposed 250-foot memorial arch at Memorial Circle even as it finds the structure is likely to disrupt the historical significance of dozens of nearby sites...
With the ballroom's fate before the Supreme Court, the administration has put 250 workers on the site 20 hours a day, seven days a week, and told the justices in a court filing that the project is now two-thirds...
Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed an emergency application at the Supreme Court on Aug. 14 asking the justices to let construction of the White House ballroom continue. The filing follows an Aug. 7 decision by the...
The National Park Service released an assessment on Aug. 3, 2026 finding that Trump's proposed 250-foot Triumphal Arch would adversely affect dozens of historic sites in and around Washington — about 40 by the agency's...
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation announced on July 24, 2026 that members had voted to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking revising the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic...
The administration is arguing in litigation that the General Services Administration has ceded control of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to the White House Office of Administration, according to The Washington...
Beginning the weekend of April 25, 2026, crews drained the 2,030-foot Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and applied a light-blue base coat as part of a resurfacing project President Trump announced on Truth Social and...
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on March 29, 2026, President Trump confirmed that a massive military complex is being built beneath the White House ballroom, saying the ballroom essentially becomes a shed for...
On March 23, 2026, eight architecture and cultural organizations sued President Trump and the Kennedy Center's board in federal district court in Washington over a planned renovation that would close the complex for two...