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White House Gets Tacky Tarp Over Trump’s New Project
Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty ImagesConstruction workers were spotted at the White House on Thursday putting up new tarps featuring columns on them as the president focuses on another renovation project. Workers had previously erected the scaffolding around the North Portico of the White House late last month, signaling that more work was set to begin. But this particular project is being covered with tarps made to look exactly like the exterior of the White House, as the building has been overrun by numerous construction projects since Trump, 80, began his second term. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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MS NOW
· Jun 25, 2026
Donald Trump wants to hold working families hostage
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· Jul 5, 2026
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Crooks and Liars
· Jul 10, 2026
WTF Is Trump Doing With The White House Columns?
While Americans struggle with skyrocketing health insurance, gas and food prices and while Trump has mired the U.S. in a needless war he finds too “boring” to focus on ending, he seems to have an endless interest in tarting up the White House. That is, when he’s not tearing down parts of it. Trump's latest project is “repairing” the White House columns. The New York Times reported that “the White House described the construction as standard restoration work, including stone repair.” The Times also quoted Interior Secretary Doug Burgum saying, “We’re restoring the plaster all the way up to the crowns of those towers.”read more
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· Jul 3, 2026
This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work
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· Jun 30, 2026
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Washington Examiner
· Jun 23, 2026
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