At a virtual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, the Commission of Fine Arts — remade by President Trump with his appointees — indicated it would move forward with Mr. Trump’s plan to build a new ballroom on the site of the East Wing of the White House in Washington. The

The Commission of Fine Arts has postponed a planned review of President Trump’s new White House ballroom because he has not appointed new members to the panel to replace the ones he fired months ago, the agency said. The White House dismissed all six members of the independent agency