The self-described salesman extraordinaire is struggling to sell the idea of his renovations to the American public.

Under a nearly-60-year-old law, the White House and several other notable buildings are exempt from a key historic preservation rule - though one expert told the BBC that presidents typically follow it anyway. Trump's renovation appears to be the biggest in decades, but the president of the US does have the power to make those changes.

Donald Trump Jr. says Democrats have "lost the plot" over White House ballroom controversy as critics slam demolition of East Wing for privately funded renovation project.

But as President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club — with construction underway on the new White House ballroom — he portrayed a different vision of America as a unified GOP refuses to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds, and the government shutdown drags on.

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, a White House official said on Thursday.

Mo., responded to criticism of Trump's East Wing demolition project, citing liberal support for removing Christopher Columbus and Thomas Jefferson statues.

President Donald Trump’s move to demolish part of the White House to make way for a $250 million ballroom is eliciting outrage and calls for more oversight before any further changes are made.

Trump is scheduled to depart for the trip on Friday night and will make stops in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. Trump will meet with Xi next Thursday in Busan, South Korea on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit,