White House officials on Thursday presented their plans for the presidential ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and defended the demolition of the East Wing, citing structural...

President Donald Trump’s ambitious vision for an East Wing modernization and state ballroom addition to the White House underwent its first test of public scrutiny Thursday, as designers presented the...

A summary on the commission's website said the purpose of the project is to “establish a permanent, secure event space within the White House grounds" that provides increased capacity for official sta...