Arts panel of Trump appointees unanimously approves White House ballroom plan

The US Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of Trump appointees, has unanimously approved President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom proposal.

At the panel’s January meeting, some commissioners questioned the lead architect about the “immense” design and scale of the project, even as they broadly endorsed the Republican president’s vision for a ballroom roughly twice the size of the White House itself.

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