{"id":65337,"date":"2026-02-13T23:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:48:46","slug":"white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\" wp_automatic_readability=\"70.227209944751\">\n<p>The White House this week presented its most detailed plans yet for the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/white-house-ballroom-project-east-wing-demolition\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">East Wing renovation<\/a><\/span>, moving one step closer to fulfilling President Trump&#8217;s wish for a nearly <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/white-house-final-approval-trump-ballroom-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">90,000-square-foot addition<\/a><\/span> to the executive mansion. The National Capital Planning Commission will evaluate those plans at a hearing in early March.<\/p>\n<p>The submission includes new renderings of the neoclassical structure, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus. The East Wing, which will house a ballroom, office space and a two-story colonnade, will be built to roughly the same height as the existing executive residence and will be slightly taller than the adjacent Treasury building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/620x334\/d39139736cde0b0cac645c8710256cf1\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png \" height=\"334\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/620x334\/d39139736cde0b0cac645c8710256cf1\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">White House East Wing rendering, looking Southwest, February 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                White House plans submitted to National Capital Planning Commission<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpc.gov\/files\/projects\/2026\/8733_East_Wing_Modernization_Project_Project_Submission_Mar2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drawings provided<\/a> by the project&#8217;s architect Shalom Baranes show boxwood hedges and brick pavers lining the building&#8217;s east side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/d9746fb7-ab52-4e2d-b652-bcf5807d3b02\/thumbnail\/620x317\/0d06ab989fcfcd7a625a3f0fbb743867\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-08-42-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-08-42-pm.png \" height=\"317\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/d9746fb7-ab52-4e2d-b652-bcf5807d3b02\/thumbnail\/620x317\/0d06ab989fcfcd7a625a3f0fbb743867\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-08-42-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">White House East Wing ballroom plan for plantings, February 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                White House plans submitted to National Capital Planning Commission<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpc.gov\/files\/projects\/2026\/8733_East_Wing_Modernization_Project_Project_Narrative_Mar2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">9-page letter<\/a> to the commission, director of White House management and administration Josh Fisher said experts studied the existing East Wing structure before concluding <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-photos-white-house-east-wing-demolition-trump-ballroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">demolition<\/a><\/span> was the only way forward. Its structural limitations did not allow for modifications, Fisher wrote. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Demolition of the existing East Wing structure and reconstruction of a new East Wing provided the most effective solution to many longstanding issues affecting the White House and delivered the best long-term risk reduction,&#8221; Fisher said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/fd582811-b799-4c37-a973-f96d15f99274\/thumbnail\/620x344\/bbe22e0516331873a145f795c6903999\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-05-41-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-05-41-pm.png \" height=\"344\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/fd582811-b799-4c37-a973-f96d15f99274\/thumbnail\/620x344\/bbe22e0516331873a145f795c6903999\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-05-41-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">White House East Wing site plan, February 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                White House plans submitted to National Capital Planning Commission<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The East Wing was razed in October. Fisher said heavy equipment has been kept at a distance from the White House mansion to avoid inadvertent damage, and he said that a portion of the building was removed by hand. Contractors monitored vibrations and cracks to protect the existing structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/274acbc7-629f-48e5-99d3-f57c44820f65\/thumbnail\/620x299\/6499da7ceaec06c3e821903b8eddee95\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-11-50-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-11-50-pm.png \" height=\"299\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/274acbc7-629f-48e5-99d3-f57c44820f65\/thumbnail\/620x299\/6499da7ceaec06c3e821903b8eddee95\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-11-50-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">White House ballroom rendering, looking northeast, February 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                White House plans submitted to National Capital Planning Commission<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fisher wrote that the demolition was &#8220;methodical\u2026.rather than sudden catastrophic destruction,&#8221; even though the public was not notified prior to the East Wing&#8217;s destruction.<\/p>\n<p>The administration plans to upgrade park grounds surrounding the White House and replace the trailer that currently serves as a visitor security checkpoint.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fisher added a team has begun structural analysis of the West Wing colonnade to see if it could support a second story, bringing it into symmetry with the soon-to-built East colonnade. &#8220;No decision will be made regarding such a project until these aspects are fully studied and analyzed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-ballroom-detailed-plans-east-wing-renovation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House this week presented its most detailed plans yet for the East Wing renovation, moving one step closer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[157,796],"class_list":["post-65337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-donald-trump","tag-white-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Donald Trump\",\"White House\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\",\"name\":\"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation - World News","description":"The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation - World News","og_description":"The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation","datePublished":"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/"},"wordCount":448,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/","name":"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-13T23:48:46+00:00","description":"The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/white-house-files-most-detailed-plans-yet-for-trump-ballroom-east-wing-renovation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"White House files most detailed plans yet for Trump ballroom, East Wing renovation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The White House this week presented its most detailed plans yet for the East Wing renovation, moving one step closer","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Politics"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":11,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/13\/3ed3011a-64bd-416b-8e6c-ba8f5fe22187\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/4bc2a583d1775992546a271412c2ac56\/screenshot-2026-02-13-at-6-02-01-pm.png?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-34\">Politics<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}