The Latest Breaking News from the White House

Trump's privately funded White House ballroom project has prompted outcry after images showed demolition of the historic East Wing, despite earlier assurances the main building would not be touched; preservation groups demand reviews and transparency.

‘We The People would like to tell you that the framed document in the photo is the Declaration of Independence,’ one social media user quipped

Late-night hosts discussed the president’s demolition of the East Wing to make room for a huge $300m gilded ballroom

From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to project power, control memory and shape national identity. As 17th-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert observed:

Jack Schlossberg slammed the president for seeing the world in ‘black and white’ and urged voters to ‘stop’ Trump at the midterms

The Sept. 9 incident at a restaurant near the White House has made unannounced visits by Trump in D.C. much less likely.

Two days after saying President Donald Trump is "destroying" the White House with a $250 million ballroom project, Hillary Clinton on Thursday highlighted an op-ed by her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, reminding Americans why the residence is known as the "People's House" and explaining why the ongoing construction leaves her "unsettled."

Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House's entire East Wing to make way for US President Donald Trump's giant new $300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed Thursday.

While Trump previously said he wouldn’t interfere with the existing structure of the East Wing, his construction crews began to tear it down this week

New satellite images taken Thursday show the scale of the demolition of the White House East Wing as President Donald Trump moves forward with the construction of a new ballroom at the White House

Late-night hosts discuss the president’s wrecking project and his demand for payment from the justice department