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Digging into Trump's alleged White House bunker plans

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Taija PerryCook
Oct. 31, 2025 Rumors swirled that the president was building a "secret bunker" from which to hide from protest ...
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Is Trump selling pieces of demolished White House East Wing? Breaking down claim

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Jack Izzo
Oct. 29, 2025 The claim spread on social media, but nobody in Trump's circle had announced he would sell piece ...
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Michelle Obama portrait wasn't 'demolished' with White House East Wing

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Laerke Christensen
Oct. 27, 2025 The official 2022 portrait of Michelle Obama was hung in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White ...
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18 rumors about the White House, investigated

Written by:
Rae Deng
Oct. 27, 2025 The U.S. president's official residence has been the subject of many rumors over the years.
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Video shows Rachel Maddow crying about White House renovations?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Oct. 24, 2025 A trending topic on Threads read, "Rachel Maddow reacts emotionally to White House renovation pl ...
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Historic preservation laws don't require Trump to restore White House East Wing

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Oct. 24, 2025 In fact, the White House has one or two exemptions from the nation's historic preservation laws.
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Unraveling claims about $376M White House renovation under Obama

Written by:
Megan Loe
Oct. 23, 2025 While a large White House renovation project took place during Obama's presidency, some posts om ...
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Trump demolished entire White House East Wing?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Oct. 23, 2025 The demolition was part of the president's plan to build a $300 million ballroom.
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Image doesn't show White House after Obama 'wrecked' it to add basketball court

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Laerke Christensen
Oct. 23, 2025 Obama, a keen basketball player, adapted an existing outdoor tennis court at the White House for ...
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Screenshot of AI-generated rendering of White House ballroom. Shows a massive, off-colored building jutting directly off main building of White House, which it dwarfs.

Look out for rumored rendering of Trump's White House ballroom

Written by:
Emery Winter
Oct. 23, 2025 A fake image of an off-colored ballroom affixed directly to the main building of the White House ...
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Trump said new White House ballroom construction wouldn't 'interfere with the current building'

Written by:
Joey Esposito
Oct. 21, 2025 The president's quote from July 2025 circulated online as demolition began on the White House's ...
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White House ballroom construction will continue amid government shutdown

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Joey Esposito
Oct. 3, 2025 The massive expansion of the White House events space is funded by the president himself along w ...
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Two black and white portraits in gold frames. The portrait on the left is labeled "Joseph R. Biden" and shows a photo of a machine signing Biden's name. The portrait on the right is a headshot of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump hung Biden's 'autopen signature' in new White House 'Walk of Fame,' but many presidents have used device

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Rae Deng
Sept. 26, 2025 Presidents have signed documents via autopen since Thomas Jefferson.
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Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Trump: 'Worse than anyone in our history'

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 7, 2025 Cobb, who was a White House lawyer during Trump's first term as president, left this comment und ...
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A white man with short greying hair and a beard wearing a suit stands in front of a podium with a large red sign that reads, "EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT." A large group of people stand behind him. They are in front of the U.S. Capitol, a white dome building.

Unpacking reports White House said Republicans signing Epstein files petition is a 'hostile act'

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Rae Deng
Sept. 3, 2025 GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed a petition that would force a vote on compelling the Ju ...
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Trump photos shared over Labor Day weekend are not from 2019

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Joey Esposito
Sept. 2, 2025 Amid rumors of his death, some social media users claimed the White House released old pictures ...
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Video shows bag being thrown out of White House window?

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 2, 2025 The footage spread alongside rumors that U.S. President Donald Trump was either unwell or dead.
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Don't fall for image showing 'humiliated' European leaders waiting in White House hall

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Aleksandra Wrona
Aug. 20, 2025 On Aug. 18, 2025, Trump met European, EU and NATO leaders at the White House to discuss the ongo ...
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Don't buy claims Trump runs a White House MAGA gift shop

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Laerke Christensen
Aug. 19, 2025 Trump showed off a collection of hats and other merchandise to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zel ...
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White House threatened Trump wouldn't meet with Zelenskyy if he didn't wear a suit?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 18, 2025 The Ukrainian leader's sartorial choices were previously criticized by conservatives.
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