Fact Check: White House ballroom construction will continue amid government shutdown

The massive expansion of the White House events space is funded by the president himself along with private donors, according to officials.

Government shutdown begins as White House moves to cut billions in funding

The first government shutdown in nearly seven years got underway as Republicans and Democrats remained at an impasse over 2025 funding.

White House sends mixed messages on layoffs during government shutdown

The White House on Wednesday sent mixed messages about upcoming firings as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. Last week, the Trump administration threatened mass layoffs of some federal workers during the shutdown. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened that "a lot" of federal workers may get fired in a shutdown.

Trump gets away from White House amid government shutdown — for a double date with Melania at the Vances’

The president, joined by First Lady Melania Trump, left the White House on Thursday for the first time since government funding lapsed two days earlier for a six-minute motorcade along closed-off streets to a neighbor’s house — Vice President JD Vance ’s official residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.

GOP blames government shutdown on health care for undocumented people. That's false

The White House and GOP lawmakers say a provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that Democrats want rolled back keeps undocumented people from getting health benefits — a claim experts say is misleading.

Government shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sight

WASHINGTON -- The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday with no easy endgame in sight, as Democrats held firm to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress have dismissed as something to possibly discuss later.

White House Will Continue Construction on 90,000-Square-Foot Ballroom During Government Shutdown

The $200 million construction of the White House ballroom will continue amid the government shutdown that began on Wednesday, Oct. 1, a White House official said.

Government Shutdown Begins: White House Guts Funding For Democratic-Favored Projects

The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.

Watch live: White House holds press briefing on shutdown Day 3 as layoffs loom

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Friday afternoon on the government shutdown as the Trump administration prepares for mass layoffs amid the lapse in funding. President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought signaled earlier this week that mass layoffs were imminent as the Senate debates dueling
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