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William Scharf, chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, said opposition to changing the White House complex is nothing new.
Commissioner Phil Mendelsohn agreed the White House needs a ballroom, but opposed the plan.
In fact, the ballroom would be more than one and a half times larger than the White House residence.
A judge ruled last week that Trump has no authority to build the ballroom.
The administration is appealing.
Frank Lankford, NPR News, Washington.
A temporary statue went up in front of the U.S.
Capitol earlier this month, satirizing the friendship between President Trump and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Nearby, in an administration-approved display, Trump's stern face stares down from a giant banner on the Department of Labor.
Mary Corcoran runs the Save America movement.
It's a nonprofit which has placed posters around D.C.
The White House dismissed criticism, saying, quote, President Trump is focused on saving our country, not garnering recognition.
Frank Lankford, NPR News, Washington.
The Weather Service forecasts more than a foot of snow across parts of the Upper Great Lakes and as much as two feet along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
As of Sunday afternoon, nearly 180 flights, or more than half, were delayed at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.