An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump plans to replace the East Wing with a new White House ballroom. Demolition work has already begun.

Demolition of the White House’s East Wing, itself a source of multiple controversies for over 200 years, was completed on ...

With little fanfare, the Trump administration demolished the East Wing of the White House in order to make space for a new 90 ...

President Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make room for a $300 million ballroom has raised questions ...

The East Wing’s razing was met with criticism both by preservationists and by over half of the American public.

Our democracy is battered. Now, our president's priorities seem more focused on a donor-funded ballroom than matters that ...

By Thursday, the White House’s East Wing was gone. The speed of destruction, and the projection of power, are part of the ...

President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands ...

Aceco, a Montgomery County demolition company, finds itself in a public relations nightmare sparked by people offended at its ...

New before-and-after images show the former East Wing site, now completely demolished to make way for President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which is expected to cost about $300 million.