Arden Farhi is the managing editor for CBS News' Washington bureau. He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credit include ...

WASHINGTON — Hours before the deadline Friday, the Trust for the National Mall mostly evaded questions in response to a letter from Democratic senators concerned about President Donald Trump’s White ...

WASHINGTON — The East Wing that President Donald Trump tore down last month stood for decades. The ballroom he’s building in its place could be gone not long after the first wave of guests sit down ...

President Trump says the East Wing that was demolished to make way for a new ballroom “looked like hell,” describing the area of the White House before it was torn down as a “poor, sad sight.” “The ...

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said President Trump’s White House ballroom should be torn down if Democrats regain the Oval Office in 2028. “I don’t think it would be a bad idea to tear it down,” Cohen ...

President Donald Trump leads a weekly meeting at the White House where the agenda includes discussions on the size of windows, the placement of bathrooms and options for interior finishes for the East ...

Trails of sparkles, half-used tubes of hair gel, streaks of sweated-off body makeup and 4 a.m. alarms are the lullabies of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Donald Trump has the authority to build a new, privately funded ballroom at the White House. The White House Historical Association stated that while a larger event space is needed, the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Donald Trump was addressing an East Room event on Thursday when he paused to indicate the huge, active construction site nearby where a new ballroom is being built – and where the East Wing ...

An Ohio State University graduate is designing President Donald Trump's massive White House ballroom that includes the controversial demolition of the East Wing. Trump selected McCrery Architects to ...