2025-10-23
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It's Thursday, October 23rd.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, how soybeans became central to the U.S.'s standoff with China,
why it's taking so long to swear in a new member of Congress,
and the last place on Earth untouched by the mosquito.
But first, to the White House renovation that became a demolition.
Earlier this year, President Trump announced plans for a new $250 million ballroom.
Back in July, he said this.
But now, it appears there's definitely been some interference.
That's the sound of a bulldozer tearing into parts of the east wing of the White House.
The decision to seemingly destroy parts of the country's most famous building for a big redevelopment project has stunned many Washington veterans.
You hear the demolition going on.