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Trump: Building Ballrooms ‘My Greatest Strength’
Trump insists no government funds were used for the $300 million, 90,000 sq ft White House ballroom funded by private donors despite criticism and demolition controversy.
- The president announced plans to demolish the East Wing of the White House to make room for a $300 million ballroom.
- He said First Lady Melania Trump initially had concerns but later approved of the plan.
- The project is being funded by private donors, with over two-thirds having received government contracts worth $279 billion in the past 5 years, raising conflict of interest concerns.
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'Trump's Ballroom 'Donations' Are Lucrative Investment For Billionaires
The Trump administration is quietly waging an all-out regulatory war on a Biden-era corporate tax that aimed to prevent large companies from dodging their tax liabilities while reporting huge profits. The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) was enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Democratic legislation that former President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. The CAMT requires highly profitable US corporations to pay a tax of at …
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Total News Sources29
Leaning Left8Leaning Right3Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
Bias Distribution
- 47% of the sources lean Left
47% Left
L 47%
C 35%
R 18%
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