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White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations

President Donald Trump demolished the White House’s East Wing and intends to build a new structure. None of the work has approval from Congress or the agency that approves construction and renovations ... Read More

‘The White House Effect’ and the Value of Letting Footage Speak for Itself

This film uses archival clips and documents to examine the way climate change evolved from nonpartisan topic to divisive issue. Read More

Secret White House time capsule feared lost under Trump’s new East Wing ballroom

A hidden 1992 White House time capsule placed by East Wing staffers may have been destroyed during Donald Trump’s costly ballroom renovation ... Read More

Here’s what the White House lost with the East Wing’s demolition

(The Hill) – Demolition of the White House’s East Wing, itself a source of multiple controversies for over 200 years, was completed on Thursday. Excavators were spotted starting Monday tearing it ... Read More

Karl Rove recalls opposing Cheney as Bush’s vice president

Former senior White House adviser Karl Rove on Tuesday said he was not in favor of former President George W. Bush choosing Dick Cheney to be his running mate in 2000. Rove was asked during a Fox ... Read More

White House will allow anonymous donors to contribute to Trump's ballroom project

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is accepting anonymous donations for the grand ballroom he is currently having built at the White House, an aide told NBC News on Friday. While the Trump ... Read More

'A loss to the nation': George W Bush remembers Dick Cheney, who has died aged 84

Cheney - the VP under President Bush from 2001 to 2009 - died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease on Monday night. Read More

Dick Cheney, influential vice president under George W. Bush, dies at 84

Dick Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning serving as vice president under his son, George W. Bush. Read More

The legacy of the Bush-Cheney White House

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at 84. CBS News' Jared Hill has a look back at Cheney's life and Barton Gellman, writer of the book "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," looks back at his ... Read More

Dick Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, Dies at 84

Dick Cheney's family announced on Tuesday, Nov. 4, that he had died at the age of 84. He served as Vice President under George W. Bush. Read More