Underground

Judge again halts construction of Trump’s White House ballroom, but allows work on underground bunker to proceed

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A federal judge on Thursday issued a new order halting construction of President Donald Trump’s much-touted new White House ballroom, finding the administration was using fancy footwork to try to sidestep his previous ruling. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon had … Read more

Police find massive drug-smuggling tunnel in Spain, complete with underground rail system and cranes

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Spanish police have discovered a drug-smuggling tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, complete with a rail system and underground cranes to transport hashish from Morocco into Spain. Police said in a news release on Tuesday that the structure, concealed beneath an industrial warehouse, extended over three levels, including a descent shaft, an intermediate … Read more

Trump says White House ballroom plans include ‘massive’ underground military complex

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President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that the military is building a “massive complex” under the White House ballroom. The information “has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed, but the military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well,” Trump told … Read more

New York’s newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat

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NEW YORK — A newly identified Underground Railroad passageway once used by enslaved people fleeing to freedom is putting the spotlight on a New York City museum and its struggle against a proposed neighboring development. Staff at the Merchant’s House Museum — an upper crust family home built in 1832 in Manhattan’s NoHo district — … Read more

Underground Railroad museum sues Trump administration alleging it canceled grant on the basis of race

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An Underground Railroad museum in upstate New York alleged in a lawsuit Friday that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated its federal grant on the basis of race, pointing to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle diversity-focused initiatives. The Underground Railroad Education Center, located in Albany N.Y., alleges in its lawsuit that the National Endowment for … Read more

White House proposes new underground visitor screening facility

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The Trump administration has proposed the construction of an underground facility to screen visitors to the White House.  The National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled to consider plans for the approximately 33,000-square-foot visitor screening facility that would be built entirely on federal land in Sherman Park, which is located southeast of the White House. The … Read more

The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors

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WASHINGTON — The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors, the latest step in the Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the grounds. Plans, including renderings of the 33,000-square-foot (3,066-square-meter) center, were included in the preliminary agenda released on Friday for the April meeting of a federal commission that … Read more

Giant underground pipe mysteriously rises over 30 feet, bursting through road in Japan: “I can’t believe this”

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A giant, underground pipe rose more than 32 feet out of a construction site in a busy area of the Japanese city of Osaka, nearly reaching an elevated road overnight, unseen by any witnesses. The steel pipe’s unexpected growth spurt was reported to police early Wednesday by a pedestrian who saw broken pieces of asphalt … Read more

IDF releases video of underground bunker strike in Iran

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