Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“The White House will unveil new details on President Donald Trump’s planned East Wing ballroom during a hearing early next month,“ Reuters reports.
“The new ballroom, which Trump has said would cost $400 million and would dwarf the adjacent White House building, has been challenged in court by preservationists, while Democratic lawmakers have called it an abuse of power and are investigating which donors are supporting it.”
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