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Major staffing cuts are coming to D.C.’s Kennedy Center ahead of its 2-year closure
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As the Trump administration prepares to close the Kennedy Center for a two-year renovation, the head of Washington’s performing arts center has warned its staff about impending cuts that will leave “skeletal teams.”In a Tuesday memo obtained by The Associated…
Feb 12, 2026, 3:13 PM
Trump’s D.C. building boom includes a proposed arch, the ‘biggest one of all’
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President Donald Trump says history is on his side.He wants to build a towering arch near the Lincoln Memorial and argues that the nation’s capital first clamored for such a monument two centuries ago — even going so far as to erect four eagle statues as part…
Feb 4, 2026, 3:04 PM
Will Trump gut the Kennedy Center? What to know about his construction plans for the D.C. institution
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s “not ripping down” the Kennedy Center but insisted the performing arts venue needs to shut down for about two years for construction and other work without patrons coming and going and getting in the way.The commen…
Feb 3, 2026, 1:08 PM
Trump is shutting down D.C.’s Kennedy Center for 2 years this summer. Here’s why
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President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House.Trump’s announcemen…
Feb 2, 2026, 3:15 PM
Trump signs an order to boost reconstruction in L.A., but Gov. Newsom says it misses the mark
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has signed an executive order to “cut through bureaucratic red tape” and speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the January 2025 Los Angeles area wildfires.Trump’s order, signed Frid…
Jan 28, 2026, 3:27 PM
How Trump is breaking with precedent by naming a growing list of federal properties after himself
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Most American presidents aspire to the kind of greatness that prompts future generations to name important things in their honor.Donald Trump isn’t leaving it to future generations.As the first year of his second term wraps up, his Republican administration a…
Jan 16, 2026, 4:30 PM
Federal judge signals he may side with Trump on White House ballroom project. Here’s why
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A federal judge said Tuesday he’s leaning toward denying a preservationist group’s request to temporarily halt President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, saying the organization failed to show that “irreparable harm” would be caused if the project…
Dec 17, 2025, 2:12 PM
Trump White House says ballroom construction must continue for national security reasons
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The Trump administration said in a court filing Monday that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons and because a preservationists’ organization that wants it stopped has no standing to…
Dec 16, 2025, 3:35 PM
Fake Christmas tree prices are up, but Americans keep buying them. Here’s why
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On a recent December day, Mark Latino and a handful of his workers spun sheets of vinyl into tinsel for Christmas tree branches. They worked on a custom-made machine that’s nearly a century old, churning out strands of bright silver tinsel along its 35-foot (…
Dec 16, 2025, 3:05 PM
Michelle Obama’s new book ‘The Look’ explores her iconic fashion choices as First Lady
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On any day during her eight years as First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama said she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a counterpart from another country to digging in her vegetable garden with groups of schoolchildren.And her clothes had…
Nov 13, 2025, 3:13 PM
Bob Ross paintings sell for more than $600K at auction, giving a lifeline to public TV stations
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Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in federal funding.At the live auction at…
Nov 12, 2025, 4:36 PM
There is a silver lining to the ‘jarring’ East Wing demolition. A history buff explains
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Stewart McLaurin knew it was coming.An entire wing of the White House, a building he calls “the most special, important building on the planet,” was going to be replaced to make way for a ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to add to the building.But w…
Oct 29, 2025, 3:52 PM
How this Portland costume became a signature protest tool at ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump rallies
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Seth Todd was wearing an inflatable frog costume while protesting outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Portland, Oregon, when a federal officer unleashed a torrent of chemical spray directly into the costume’s air vent.Video of the…
Oct 23, 2025, 2:52 PM
White House remodeling begins with Trump’s demolition in the East Wing
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The White House on Monday started tearing down part of the East Wing, the traditional base of operations for the first lady, to build President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom despite lacking approval for construction from the federal agency that oversee…
Oct 21, 2025, 12:46 PM
Remodeling your kitchen? Here’s how Trump’s tariffs could impact your renovation budget
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Cabinet dealers, interior designers and remodeling contractors in the U.S. hope new tariffs on imported kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered wooden furniture that kicked in Tuesday will create more business for them and eventually boost domesti…
Oct 14, 2025, 3:44 PM
30 Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned off in support of public television
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding.Ross, a public television stalwart in the 1980s and ’90s, “…
Oct 8, 2025, 1:42 PM