Jake Tapper said the White House is “not telling us” the truth about Trump after a frazzled Karoline Leavitt finally responded to the Daily Beast’s queries.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants a judge to halt work until there is federal review of the project.

The U.S. President said the project will be completed in a "very short period of time" before the end of his second term

The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues the White House failed to seek necessary reviews before demolishing the historic East Wing.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.

The group said Trump fast-tracked the ballroom, violating the Administrative Procedure Act and National Environmental Policy Act.

Trump, a Republican, already has bypassed the federal government’s usual building practices and historical reviews when he razed the East Wing of the White House. He has more recently fired the initial architects for a ballroom that itself would be nearly twice the size of the White House before East Wing’s demolition.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging President Donald Trump’s plans to construct a ballroom on the site of the demolished East Wing. The trust, a congressionally chartered nonprofit,

White House AI czar David Sacks defended President Donald Trump’s push to rein in state-level regulation of artificial intelligence over objections from Democrats, saying the move seeks to ease a growing compliance burden for companies.