The planned 90,000-square-foot project would represent the most significant change to the White House grounds in decades and is advancing even as it is challenged in court and questioned on Capitol Hill.

The filing includes new renderings of the new East Wing, relative to other buildings close to the ballroom and from vantage points near the U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and points around the White House campus.

Trump began the demolition of the White House's East Wing in October 2025 in order to replace it with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. In December 2025, the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation sued the administration, arguing the project began without necessary approvals or congressional authority.

A White House memo says demolition crews "excellently preserved" the White House residence when they tore down the East Wing for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom.

President Trump says nearly all governors are welcome at the White House for a formal meeting and dinner next week, though the Democratic governors of Maryland and Colorado are still being excluded.

Official presidential portraits are typically hung in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after they have permanently left office

The most-detailed renderings yet of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project were briefly made available Friday, showing the massive scale of the planned 89,000-square-foot space.

President Trump threatens to back primary challengers against six House Republicans who voted with Democrats to undo his Canada tariffs.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he invited the governors from both major parties — with two notable Democratic exceptions — to a traditionally bipartisan meeting at the White House next wee

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials said on Friday that there would be no changes to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs steel and aluminum and thousands of products made from the metals unless Trump announces them.