President Donald Trump previously revealed his plans to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on top of the historic White House East Wing Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has ...

The building had numerous structural issues that made it unsafe for the Trumans to live in. Archived photos show the massive renovation in progress, similar to Trump's plan for a new ballroom. When ...

The East Wing of the White House is no more. What started on Monday, with images of excavators and talk of renovation to accommodate President Trump's promised ballroom, finished with the razing of an ...

While renovations can be costly, they should be publicly funded. Turning to private funders only creates conflicts of interest with donors who could be seen as trying to curry favor with the president ...

President Donald Trump previously revealed his plans to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom on top of the historic White House East Wing President Donald Trump's dramatic East Wing renovation at ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leslie B. Jones, former Director of Historical Resources & Programming for the White House Historical Association, about the demolition of the White House East Wing.