White House East Wing demolition; Louvre heist; ivermectin and cancer; World Series; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 21 October 2025
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Tuesday, October 21. The seven stories you need to know today.
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| 0:00.0 | Demolition crews started tearing down part of the White House. |
| 0:06.0 | The search is on for the thieves who pulled off the Louvre heist. |
| 0:10.0 | And we asked experts, do cannabis products really help you sleep? |
| 0:15.0 | That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Renni Svrovsky in for Hannah-Jule. |
| 0:22.2 | It's Tuesday, October 21st. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:30.5 | Number one. Construction teams started demolishing a portion of the east wing of the White House yesterday. |
| 0:39.6 | President Donald Trump has long wanted to add a ballroom to the White House to accommodate more people for grand |
| 0:45.7 | parties and state visits. His plan for a 90,000 square foot structure would nearly double the |
| 0:53.0 | footprint of the main building and its east and west wings. |
| 0:57.2 | Trump had pledged that construction of this $250 million addition wouldn't interfere with the existing building. |
| 1:05.7 | But photos circulated yesterday showed a backhoe ripping through a portion of the East Wing. |
| 1:11.8 | Trump hyped up the project in remarks at the White House yesterday. |
| 1:15.6 | So you'll have drinks, cocktails, everything on this floor, and then they'll say, |
| 1:20.6 | welcome to dinner. You walk into the ballroom, Mr. Senators, and you're going to see a |
| 1:26.1 | ballroom, the likes of which I don't think will. |
| 1:28.5 | I don't think it'll be topped. |
| 1:29.8 | It'll be the finest, so it's going to be a lot of fun. |
| 1:34.0 | Democrats have largely panned the project. |
| 1:37.3 | They've argued that Trump's priorities and preferences are not aligned with average Americans. |
| 1:48.0 | You know. are not aligned with average Americans. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is reeling from a bruising meeting with President Trump. |
| 1:54.5 | That's number two. |
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