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Federal commission approves construction plans for White House visitor screening center

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The center is part of President Donald Trump’s massive overhaul of the White House grounds but one that has garnered little to no opposition.

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Both outlets focus on the approval of plans for a new White House visitor screening or screening facility. The Washington Post frames it as a Trump construction effort that would revamp how visitors enter the White House grounds and notes that it has drawn wide agreement, while NBC News foregrounds the National Capital Planning Commission’s unanimous vote to approve the building plans.

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