#White House

First Lady Melania Trump in her official White House portrait, released in January 2025.

White House diplomacy

Melania Trump brings Russian and Ukrainian officials into the White House, days after the truce she brokered expired

Demolition of the White House East Wing in Washington on October 22, 2025. The ballroom is being built on the cleared site.

Apple and Nvidia each gave $25 million to Trump's White House ballroom, on a donor list that adds up to $333 million

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., headquarters of the department whose Antitrust Division opened the inquiry, photographed in March 2026.

The Justice Department is investigating the five networks that stopped covering the White House, and calls it a boycott

The North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2023. The accord on frontier-model safety was signed at a meeting there on September 29, 2026.

Trump renames AI "Super Intelligence" by executive order, and six firms sign a safety accord with no legal force

The north front of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2013. The current advertising campaign is being paid for out of federal funds.

Government advertising

A 2024 Trump campaign ad is back on air, and this time the disclaimer says "Paid for by the U.S. Government"

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on Constitution Avenue in Washington, seat of the federal district court that ordered the press passes restored, photographed in July 2026.

Judge orders the White House to return press passes to CNN, MS NOW and Politico

President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on September 9, 2026.

Artificial intelligence

Trump says he will build an "AI Force" modeled on the Space Force and name an AI czar

The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House during a daily briefing on September 3, 2026.

White House turns away CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters after Trump orders them banned

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on September 4, 2026. He signed the H-1B order and proclamation two weeks later, on September 18.

Trump renews the $100,000 H-1B fee for another year — a fee the courts have already voided