How Trump’s federal architecture renovations go against ‘republican simplicity’

They also risk undoing the legacies of presidential wives, influential designers, and the egalitarian ideals that many of these buildings embody.

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Sand was thrown in the gears of President Donald Trump’s grand White House ballroom plans on March 31, 2026, when U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ordered a pause on construction.

The president, the judge wrote, was the “steward” of........

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