Donald Trump is facing legal action over the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, part of a $300 million plan to build a new ballroom on the executive grounds.

A Virginia couple, Charles and Judith Voorhees, filed an emergency motion in federal court on October 23 seeking to halt the project, alleging that it violates multiple federal preservation and planning laws.

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    16 hours ago

    Are we sure the people doing the work aren’t slave labor that just weren’t yet human trafficked?

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      15 hours ago

      I think they only retroactively count as slave labour after the bill makes it to trumps hands, and promptly into his toilet…