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

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 National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events.

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.

The White House mansion’s eastern facade appears to have been “excellently preserved” when demolition crews tore down the East Wing to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, an administration official said in a memo made public Friday.

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

Trump shares new rendering of proposed White House ballroom renovation in Truth Social post touting project’s scale.

President Donald Trump reportedly snubs Democratic governors from the traditionally bipartisan National Governors Association meeting in D.C.

Donald Kinsella was appointed and sworn in as the U.S. attorney in the Northern District of New York and then fired by the White House the same day.