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Inside Trump’s Mad Dash to Renovate Washington

Inside Trump’s Mad Dash to Renovate Washington

The Daily vor 5 Monaten

Depending on where you sit, the projects are either boldly cutting red tape or blowing through every regulation designed to protect taxpayer dollars.

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In the lead-up to America’s 250th anniversary, President Trump is
spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a major renovation of
the nation’s capitol.

David A. Fahrenthold, who has been investigating how the projects
have come together, takes listeners on a walking tour of the
sites being remade.

Guest: David A. Fahrenthold, an investigative
reporter for The New York Times, writing primarily about
nonprofit organizations.

Background reading:

See what’s wrong with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

A no-bid contract is turning the pool blue.

The firm building Mr. Trump’s ballroom got a secret no-bid
contract for a nearby job.

Photo: Allison Robbert for The New York Times

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