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Multiple Investigations Refuted Trump’s Claims That Fraud Altered the Outcome in 2020

Dozens of investigations, audits, recounts and court proceedings examined the 2020 election. None found the widespread voter fraud that President Trump claimed tilted the vote.

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Ballots cast in Maricopa County, Ariz., in the 2020 general election were examined and recounted in Phoenix in May 2021. The review in Arizona found even more votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr. and fewer for President Trump than the original count.
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Design Panel Signals Support for Fencing Off Park Near the White House

The Commission of Fine Arts considered the Trump administration’s proposal regarding Lafayette Square, which has been the site of numerous protests.

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A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Lafayette Square Park in 2023. President Trump and the Secret Service have cited security concerns about such protests.
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Trump Begins New Construction Project on White House Front Columns

Restoration work began after the president saw “door dings in the pillars” and ordered up repairs, the interior secretary said.

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Construction workers installed a printed tarp over the North Portico of the White House on Thursday.
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Can Trump’s Arch Be So Tall? A Panel Led by His Allies Tentatively Says Yes.

The proposed 250-foot arch would violate a height limit on Washington structures under the traditional reading of the law. But a planning commission gave it preliminary approval anyway.

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President Trump with a model of the Triumphal Arch last year. The National Capital Planning Commission approved preliminary site and building plans for the arch on Thursday.
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The World Cup Stood as a Break From U.S. Politics. Then Trump Got Involved.

The president’s call to the head of FIFA underscores that he has yet to find an area of American, or even global, life where he is unwilling to assert himself.

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President Trump accepting the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize” from Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, last year. Mr. Trump called Mr. Infantino to protest an American player’s suspension.
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