The White House has broken ground on construction projects ordered by President Donald Trump to pave over the Rose Garden lawn and install flagpoles on the north and south lawns.

In June 2020, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" had been painted on the pavement by the city in uppercase, yellow letters, covering two blocks on 16th Street about a quarter mile from the White House.

“But they happen to be white. And if they were Black, I’d do the exact same thing. And we treat people very well when we see there’s a genocide going on. ...

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The earlier photograph had the American flag in the background, while Mr. Trump is featured in front of a black backdrop in the newer version. Both photographs were taken by chief White House ...

But Trump on Wednesday night called on the D.C. mayor to ‘clean up’ homeless encampments around the White House, or the feds would do it.