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Emails show the Trump administration planned to start work on the Triumphal Arch at Memorial Circle by piggybacking on an existing White House engineering contract, effectively bypassing a public bidding process; the arch’s proposal has sparked controversy and lawsuits over the contracting method and past contractor performance.
The National Capital Planning Commission delayed a vote on President Trump’s White House ballroom project until next month, citing a deluge of public input—tens of thousands of comments, nearly all critical of the plan.
The Washington Post reports that tech giants’ hundreds of billions poured into AI are diverting labor, electrical capacity, and materials from other sectors, causing electrician shortages, construction delays, and higher smartphone prices, and risking slower non-AI innovation.
President Trump proposes closing the Kennedy Center for about two years to allow construction and renovations, with a July 4 start tied to America’s 250th anniversary, as the institution faces cancellations and upheaval since he took over about a year ago.
Trump has installed four allies on the federal Commission of Fine Arts to review the White House ballroom project, including its former chief architect James McCrery II, as White House officials push for rapid approval within about two months ahead of next week’s CFA meeting.