Just gonna leave this here https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2fgz_8VQAEExHY?format=jpg&name=large
Same railing, i believe you can see part of the fountain through michelle obamas arm aswell it just doesnt have the hedges around it
Edit: Another pic https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/WhSouthLawn.JPEG/1200px-WhSouthLawn.JPEG
Seems like the original pic was taken from one of the downstairs windows of the whitehouse
Now if can we figure out when this picture was taken, if im not mistaken in the last week or so a 3 level platform has been built on the elipse that would be in view from the op picture so i believe its an older picture
Reference: https://www.earthtv.com/en/webcam/washington-white-house
The report you are reading is them reflecting back to december when the pentagon was not giving the biden transition team the reports, it doesnt mean the pentagon isnt cooperating with biden after inauguration