White House hasn’t filed plans for Trump’s new ballroom despite demolition under way

<p>Amid backlash over footage of East Wing being partly demolished, White House reportedly intends to send plans for new construction</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/22/donald-trump-ice-immigration-shutdown-courts-nato-us-politics-live-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The White House has not submitted plans for Donald Trump’s new ballroom to the federal agency that oversees construction of federal buildings, though demolition is already underway.</p><p>On Tuesday, the White House told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-it-will-submit-ballroom-plans-review-with-demolition-already-2025-10-22/">Reuters</a> it intends to send plans to the National Capital Planning Commission, an agency that typically approves and monitors construction on federal buildings. Demolition began earlier this week, with reporters taking video of a backhoe <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction">ripping out</a> chunks of the White House’s exterior.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/white-house-trump-new-ballroom-demolition">Continue reading...</a>