Trump loads review panel with loyalists to fast-track controversial White House project

President Donald Trump installed a group of loyalists to a key federal review panel as his administration moves forward with construction on a controversial White House ballroom project that critics say has already caused irreversible damage to the East Wing.

According to a new Washington Post report, Trump recently appointed four allies to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, an independent agency charged by Congress with advising the president on major design projects on Capitol Hill. The...