AP Spotlight Trump plans to leave mark on Washington by building a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Oct 17, 2025 Oct 17, 2025 Updated Jan 21, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants to leave his mark on the nation’s capital by building a Paris-style arch just west of the Lincoln Memorial.kAm%CF>A F?G6:=65 E96 A=2? 2E 2 (9:E6 w@FD6 5:??6C E9:D A2DE H66< 7@C E96 H62=E9J 3FD:?6DDA6@A=6 H9@ 92G6 A=65865 >@?6J E@H2C5 E96 Sad_ >:==:@? 4@DE @7 255:?8 2 >2DD:G6 32==C@@> E@ E96 tI64FE:G6 |2?D:@?] %CF>A 5:5 ?@E AFE 2 AC:46 E28 @? E96 2C49]k^AmkAm“xEVD 8@:?8 E@ 36 C62==J 362FE:7F=[” E96 #6AF3=:42? AC6D:56?E D2:5] “x E9:?< :EVD 8@:?8 E@ 36 72?E2DE:4]”k^Am President Donald Trump addresses a dinner for people who contributed to build a ballroom at the White House on Wednesday in Washington. 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Government-politics A new $200M ballroom is the latest part of Trump's White House makeover DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
Music Trump's Rose Garden Club is a lavish new hangout for political allies and business elites CHRIS MEGERIAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom The White House started tearing down part of the East Wing, the traditional base of operations for the first lady, to build Trump's $250 milli…
These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom The White House hasn't said how much each donor will contribute, and almost none was willing to divulge that when contacted.
Trump teaming up with Jack Nicklaus to revamp 'president's golf course' Joint Base Andrews houses Air Force One. Gerald R. Ford was the first president to golf there in 1974 and it was a favorite of Barack Obama.
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center Trump this year also turned the Kennedy-era Rose Garden at the White House into a patio by removing the lawn and laying down paving stones.
