Today’s facts 10-24-2025

Today’s facts …

The two-story East Wing was added to the White House in 1942 primarily to cover the construction of an underground bunker, now known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC). Two historic magnolia trees and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden have also been removed this past week.

At a White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt said, “at this moment in time … the ballroom is really the president’s main priority.”

Trump now says the ballroom will cost $350 million.

The longest US government shutdown was during Trump’s first term from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019.

Please donate to a local food bank if you can.

Beef prices are up 15% this year.

Egg prices fell almost 5% in September.

Coffee prices are up 19% this year.

The Social Security cost-of-living increase is 2.8% in 2026.

US inflation edged slightly higher in September.

ACA/Obamacare healthcare premiums are expected to rise on average 20% in 2026.

Trump says he will back off plans to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco after speaking with tech leaders.

Trump announced he’s ending all Canada trade negotiations because of a TV ad opposing US tariffs.

The ad includes excerpts from a Reagan address. It does not alter Reagan's words, but it does alter the order in which he made the comments.

Reagan did say: “Tariffs ultimately ‘hurt every American, worker, and consumer.’”

The US flew military supersonic bombers up the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, and a large military buildup continues in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Venezuela.

Letitia James pleaded not guilty in her mortgage fraud case.

The Trump administration is using personal mortgage files to investigate and indict its enemies for fraud.

The Trump administration has finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Trump has not ended eight wars.

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