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Demolition work continued where the East Wing once stood at the White House on Dec. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump ordered the 123-year-old East Wing and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden leveled to make way for a ballroom. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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US Supreme Court lets Trump move ahead with his White House ballroom project

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump does not have to follow a lower court order to stop aboveground construction on his $400 million East Wing ballroom, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision, all but guaranteeing work on...

Arizona

GOP secretary of state hopeful Alex Kolodin won’t say Arizona elections are secure

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Montana

Judge confirms PSC commissioner will remain suspended

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Alaska

Last-day shakeup in Alaska’s race for governor puts disqualified candidate’s wife on the ballot

10:43pm ET

Alaska

Petersburg’s Dan J. Sullivan stays on Alaska’s U.S. Senate ballot after third-place primary finish

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Alaska

In Alaska’s U.S. House race, a Libertarian and a federal inmate advance after late withdrawals

9:37pm ET

Kentucky

Kentucky writer, farmer and advocate Wendell Berry dies at 92

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Washington

WA state workers stage walkout amid clash over pay demands

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Aug 28, 2026

29:37

States move to fortify elections against Trump

Since his loss in the 2020 election, President Donald Trump has continued to deny the official results and baselessly sow doubt about election integrity. With an executive order to restrict mail-in voting and lawsuits demanding states turn over their voter rolls, Trump and his administration have been pushing for more federal involvement in how elections are run. That has some state leaders preparing for worst-case scenarios.

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