WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood. The meeting was supposed to be on the design, with a final vote expected at next month’s session. But the chairman, Rodney Mims Cook Jr. , made a motion to also vote on final approval, and six of the seven commissioners who were all installed by the Republican the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself where the East Wing once stood. The meeting was supposed to be on the design, with a final vote expected at next month’s session. But the chairman, Rodney Mims Cook Jr. , made a motion to also vote on final approval, and six of the seven commissioners who were all installed by the Republican the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA took another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket Thursday after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal and delayed the first lunar trip by astronauts in more than half a century. For the second time this month, launch teams began pumping more than 700,000 gallons (2. 6 million liters) of supercold fuel into the rocket atop its launch pad. It’s the most critical and challenging part of the two-day practice countdown. The outcome will determine whether a...