The redesign comes as the president continues to make renovations to the White House, including the demolition of the East Wing.

The U.S. will not send any high-level officials to the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a White House official told Reuters, alleviating some concern among world leaders that Washington would send a team to scupper the talks.

The president plans to build a triumphal arch along the Potomac River and a new ballroom on the White House grounds.

The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,

"The site is under construction" is a sign that could greet visitors peering through the fence at the southeast corner of the White House, trying to catch a glimpse of where the East Wing once stood. Instead, those are the words greeting visitors to the websites of several companies working on building the White House ballroom.

Stewart McLaurin knew it was coming. But the president of the White House Historical Association says it was still “jarring” to see the entire White House East Wing torn down as part of President Donald Trump's plan to add a ballroom.

The White House fired all six members of the commission expected to review some of Trump's construction projects and plans to appoint its own members.

The CEOs of American Airlines and United Airlines will attend a White House roundtable on Thursday to press for an end to the 30-day government shutdown after a surge in flight delays blamed on air traffic controller absences,